Isaiah 40:20

So the craftsman strengthens the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer strengthens him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he strengthens it with nails, So that it will not be shaken.

The man crafts iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful arm. He also gets hungry and has no power; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

“They carry it upon the shoulder and bear it; They set it in its place, and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; It cannot save him from his distress.

“They make it beautiful with silver and with gold; They strengthen it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

“Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the craft and thought of man.

For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,