Verse 20
He that is too impoverished{H5533} for [such] an oblation{H8641} chooseth{H977} a tree{H6086} that will not rot;{H7537} he seeketh{H1245} unto him a skilful{H2450} workman{H2796} to set{H3559} up a graven image,{H6459} that shall not be moved.{H4131}
Referenced Verses
- 1 Sam 5:3-4 : 3 And when they of Ashdod{H796} arose early{H7925} on the morrow,{H4283} behold, Dagon{H1712} was fallen{H5307} upon his face{H6440} to the ground{H776} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah.{H3068} And they took{H3947} Dagon,{H1712} and set{H7725} him in his place{H4725} again.{H7725} 4 And when they arose early{H7925} on the morrow{H4283} morning,{H1242} behold, Dagon{H1712} was fallen{H5307} upon his face{H6440} to the ground{H776} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah;{H3068} and the head{H7218} of Dagon{H1712} and both{H8147} the palms{H3709} of his hands{H3027} [lay] cut off{H3772} upon the threshold;{H4670} only [the stump of] Dagon{H1712} was left{H7604} to him.
- Isa 41:7 : 7 So the carpenter{H2796} encourageth{H2388} the goldsmith,{H6884} [and] he that smootheth{H2505} with the hammer{H6360} him that smiteth{H1986} the anvil,{H6471} saying{H559} of the soldering,{H1694} It is good;{H2896} and he fasteneth{H2388} it with nails,{H4548} that it should not be moved.{H4131}
- Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear{H5375} it upon the shoulder,{H3802} they carry{H5445} it, and set it in its place,{H3240} and it standeth,{H5975} from its place{H4725} shall it not remove:{H4185} yea, one may cry{H6817} unto it, yet can it not answer,{H6030} nor save{H3467} him out of his trouble.{H6869}
- Jer 10:3-4 : 3 For the customs{H2708} of the peoples{H5971} are vanity;{H1892} for one cutteth{H3772} a tree{H6086} out of the forest,{H3293} the work{H4639} of the hands{H3027} of the workman{H2796} with the axe.{H4621} 4 They deck{H3302} it with silver{H3701} and with gold;{H2091} they fasten{H2388} it with nails{H4548} and with hammers,{H4717} that it move{H6328} not.
- Dan 5:23 : 23 but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}
- Isa 2:8-9 : 8 Their land{H776} also is full{H4390} of idols;{H457} they worship{H7812} the work{H4639} of their own hands,{H3027} that which their own fingers{H676} have made.{H6213} 9 And the mean man{H120} is bowed down,{H7817} and the great man{H376} is brought low:{H8213} therefore forgive{H5375} them not.
- Isa 44:13-19 : 13 The carpenter{H2796} stretcheth out{H5186} a line;{H8279} he marketh it out{H8388} with a pencil;{H8279} he shapeth{H6213} it with planes,{H4741} and he marketh it out{H8388} with the compasses,{H4230} and shapeth{H6213} it after the figure{H8403} of a man,{H376} according to the beauty{H8597} of a man,{H120} to dwell{H3427} in a house.{H1004} 14 He heweth him down{H3772} cedars,{H730} and taketh{H3947} the holm-tree{H8645} and the oak,{H437} and strengtheneth{H553} for himself one among the trees{H6086} of the forest:{H3293} he planteth{H5193} a fir-tree,{H766} and the rain{H1653} doth nourish{H1431} it. 15 Then shall it be for a man{H120} to burn;{H1197} and he taketh{H3947} thereof, and warmeth{H2552} himself; yea, he kindleth{H5400} it, and baketh{H644} bread:{H3899} yea, he maketh{H6466} a god,{H410} and worshippeth{H7812} it; he maketh{H6213} it a graven image,{H6459} and falleth down{H5456} thereto. 16 He burneth{H8313} part{H2677} thereof in{H1119} the fire;{H784} with part{H2677} thereof he eateth{H398} flesh;{H1320} he roasteth{H6740} roast,{H6748} and is satisfied;{H7646} yea, he warmeth{H2552} himself, and saith,{H559} Aha,{H1889} I am warm,{H2552} I have seen{H7200} the fire.{H217} 17 And the residue{H7611} thereof he maketh{H6213} a god,{H410} even his graven image;{H6459} he falleth down{H5456} unto it and worshippeth,{H7812} and prayeth{H6419} unto it, and saith,{H559} Deliver{H5337} me; for thou art my god.{H410} 18 They know{H3045} not, neither do they consider:{H995} for he hath shut{H2902} their eyes,{H5869} that they cannot see;{H7200} and their hearts,{H3826} that they cannot understand.{H7919} 19 And none calleth{H7725} to mind,{H3820} neither is there knowledge{H1847} nor understanding{H8394} to say,{H559} I have burned{H8313} part{H2677} of it in{H1119} the fire;{H784} yea, also I have baked{H644} bread{H3899} upon the coals{H1513} thereof; I have roasted{H6740} flesh{H1320} and eaten{H398} it: and shall I make{H6213} the residue{H3499} thereof an abomination?{H8441} shall I fall down{H5456} to the stock{H944} of a tree?{H6086}