Isaiah 40:19-20
Legacy Standard Bible
19 As for the (A)graven images, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith (B)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
20 He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution
Chooses a (C)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman
To [a]prepare a graven image that (D)will not be shaken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:20 Or set up
Isaiah 41:6-7
Legacy Standard Bible
6 Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 So the (A)craftsman strengthens the (B)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,
(C)So that it will not be shaken.
Isaiah 46:6-7
Legacy Standard Bible
6 Those who (A)lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale,
They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They (B)fall down, indeed they worship it.
7 They (C)carry it upon the shoulder and bear it;
They set it in its place, and it stands there.
(D)It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it (E)cannot answer;
It (F)cannot save him from his distress.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 For the statutes of the peoples are (A)vanity
Because (B)it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4 They (C)make it beautiful with silver and with gold;
They (D)strengthen it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they (E)cannot speak;
They must be (F)carried
Because they cannot take a step!
Do not fear them,
For they (G)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”
Habakkuk 2:18
Legacy Standard Bible
18 “What (A)profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,
Or a molten image, a (B)teacher of [a]lies?
For its maker (C)trusts in his own making
When he fashions speechless idols.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a lie
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