Isaiah 44:12 (WEB)
The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
Fathers and councils · 1
“We would here, as if all nations on the earth were present, make one speech, and pour into the ears of them all, words which should be heard in common: Why, pray, is this, O men! that of your own accord you cheat and deceive yourselves by voluntary blindness?” — editor's note: [Isa. xl. 18–20; xliv. 9–20; xlvi. 5–8.]
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