Isaiah 44:13

The woodworker stretches out a measuring line.
He marks the wood with a pen.
He shapes it with chisels.
He marks it with a compass.
He makes it look like a man,
like a man in all his beauty.
Then it can live in a shrine.

Isaiah 44:13, Readable English Bible (READ)

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