Isaiah 44:12

The man who would make a god has to expend a great deal of effort on it. Some English translations give the impression that in this verse the blacksmith is fashioning a tool with which to make an idol, but the idol itself is really in view. Making an idol is a laborious and exhausting process. God, of course, did not grow weary making man; He made him with a word. Furthermore, because God made the Israelites, they did not need to grow weary (Isaiah 40:28-31). Because He carried them (Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 46:3), they did not need to become hungry and thirsty (Isaiah 43:19-20).