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13 Another workman uses a line and a compass
    to draw on the wood.
Then he uses his chisels to cut a statue
    and his calipers to measure the statue.
In this way, the workman makes the wood look exactly like a person,
    and this statue of a person sits in the house.
14 He cuts down cedars
    or cypress or oak trees.
Those trees grew by their own power in the forest.
    Or he plants a pine tree, and the rain makes it grow.
15 Then he burns the tree.
    He uses some of the wood for a fire to keep himself warm.
    He also starts a fire to bake his bread.
But he uses part of the wood to make a god, and then he worships it!
    He makes the idol and bows down to it!

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