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Isa 44:14 — He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

heweth		Isa 40:20; Jer 10:3-8; Hsa 4:12; Hab 2:19
strengtheneth		or, taketh courage.

Correlating Passages

heweth

	Isa 40:20	He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.
	Jer 10:3	For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
	Jer 10:4	They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
	Jer 10:5	They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
	Jer 10:6	Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
	Jer 10:7	Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
	Jer 10:8	But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
	Hsa 4:12	My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
	Hab 2:19	Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 44:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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