Isaiah 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. 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.
The verse belongs to a larger passage in which God reveals His purpose for His people and directs them to seek wisdom from Him rather than turning to finite human beings. Within that passage it stands as part of a rebuke of making and worshiping idols, setting idols fashioned by human hands in contrast with the true God as the Maker of heaven and earth.
It describes cedars hewn down and cypress and oak strengthened among the trees of the forest, and an ash planted and nourished by the rain, all grown and cut down to supply the wood used to make idols. That use shows people misusing what God created, taking wood and other materials He provided and shaping them into idols and worshiping their own handiwork instead of thanking and worshiping the Creator. By contrast the works of nature point to God as Creator, unlike idols that are merely human workmanship. Its context therefore condemns reliance on images, such as appealing to images of saints for deliverance from calamity.