Verse 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}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 They that fashion{H3335} a graven image{H6459} are all of them vanity;{H8414} and the things{H2530} that they delight in shall not profit;{H3276} and their own witnesses{H5707} see{H7200} not, nor know:{H3045} that they may be put to shame.{H954} 10 Who hath fashioned{H3335} a god,{H410} or molten{H5258} an image{H6459} that is profitable{H3276} for nothing?{H1115} 11 Behold, all his fellows{H2270} shall be put to shame;{H954} and the workmen,{H2796} they are of men:{H120} let them all be gathered together,{H6908} let them stand up;{H5975} they shall fear,{H6342} they shall be put to shame{H954} together.{H3162} 12 The smith{H1270} [maketh] an axe,{H4621} and worketh{H6466} in the coals,{H6352} and fashioneth{H3335} it with hammers,{H4717} and worketh{H6466} it with his strong{H3581} arm:{H2220} yea, he is hungry,{H7457} and his strength{H3581} faileth;{H369} he drinketh{H8354} no water,{H4325} and is faint.{H3286} 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} 20 He feedeth{H7462} on ashes;{H665} a deceived{H2048} heart{H3820} hath turned him aside;{H5186} and he cannot deliver{H5337} his soul,{H5315} nor say,{H559} Is there not a lie{H8267} in my right hand?{H3225}
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble{H6908} yourselves and come;{H935} draw near{H5066} together,{H3162} ye that are escaped{H6412} of the nations:{H1471} they have no knowledge{H3045} that carry{H5375} the wood{H6086} of their graven image,{H6459} and pray{H6419} unto a god{H410} that cannot save.{H3467}
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} What unrighteousness{H5766} have your fathers{H1} found{H4672} in me, that they are gone far{H7368} from me, and have walked{H3212} after{H310} vanity,{H1892} and are become vain?{H1891}
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together{H259} brutish{H1197} and foolish:{H3688} the instruction{H4148} of idols!{H6086} it is but a stock.{H6086}
  • Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have set up kings,{H4427} but not by me; they have made princes,{H7786} and I knew{H3045} it not: of their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} have they made{H6213} them idols,{H6091} that they may be cut off.{H3772} 5 He hath cast{H2186} off thy calf,{H5695} O Samaria;{H8111} mine anger{H639} is kindled{H2734} against them: how long will it be ere{H3808} they attain{H3201} to innocency?{H5356} 6 For from Israel{H3478} is even this; the workman{H2796} made{H6213} it, and it is no God;{H430} yea, the calf{H5695} of Samaria{H8111} shall be broken in pieces.{H7616}
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profiteth{H3276} the graven image,{H6459} that the maker{H3335} thereof hath graven{H6458} it; the molten image,{H4541} even the teacher{H3384} of lies,{H8267} that he that fashioneth{H3335} its form{H3336} trusteth{H982} therein, to make{H6213} dumb{H483} idols?{H457} 19 Woe{H1945} unto him that saith{H559} to the wood,{H6086} Awake;{H6974} to the dumb{H1748} stone,{H68} Arise!{H5782} Shall this teach?{H3384} Behold, it is overlaid{H8610} with gold{H2091} and silver,{H3701} and there is no breath{H7307} at all in the midst{H7130} of it.
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 And{G1161} in praying{G4336} use{G945} not{G3361} vain repetitions,{G945} as{G5618} the Gentiles{G1482} do: for{G1063} they think{G1380} that{G3754} they shall be heard{G1522} for{G1722} their{G846} much speaking.{G4180}
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 because that,{G1360} knowing{G1097} God,{G2316} they glorified{G1392} him not{G3756} as{G5613} God,{G2316} neither{G2228} gave thanks;{G2168} but{G235} became vain{G3154} in{G1722} their{G846} reasonings,{G1261} and{G2532} their{G846} senseless{G801} heart{G2588} was darkened.{G4654}
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 knowing{G1492} that{G3754} ye were{G3084} redeemed,{G3084} not{G3756} with corruptible things,{G5349} with silver{G694} or{G2228} gold,{G5553} from{G1537} your{G5216} vain{G3152} manner of life{G391} handed down from your fathers;{G3970}
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 Therefore shall ye keep{H8104} my charge,{H4931} that ye practise{H6213} not any of these abominable{H8441} customs,{H2708} which were practised{H6213} before{H6440} you, and that ye defile{H2930} not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}
  • 1 Kgs 18:26-28 : 26 And they took{H3947} the bullock{H6499} which was given{H5414} them, and they dressed{H6213} it, and called{H7121} on the name{H8034} of Baal{H1168} from morning{H1242} even until noon,{H6672} saying,{H559} O Baal,{H1168} hear{H6030} us. But there was no{H369} voice,{H6963} nor any that answered.{H6030} And they leaped{H6452} about the altar{H4196} which was made.{H6213} 27 And it came to pass at noon,{H6672} that Elijah{H452} mocked{H2048} them, and said,{H559} Cry{H7121} aloud;{H1419} for he is a god:{H430} either he is musing,{H7879} or he is gone aside,{H7873} or he is on a journey,{H1870} or peradventure{H194} he sleepeth{H3463} and must be awaked.{H3364} 28 And they cried{H7121} aloud,{H6963} and cut{H1413} themselves after their manner{H4941} with knives{H2719} and lances,{H7420} till the blood{H1818} gushed out{H8210} upon them.
  • Isa 40:19-31 : 19 The image,{H6459} a workman{H2796} hath cast{H5258} [it], and the goldsmith{H6884} overlayeth{H7554} it with gold,{H2091} and casteth{H6884} [for it] silver{H3701} chains.{H7577} 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} 21 Have ye not known?{H3045} have yet not heard?{H8085} hath it not been told{H5046} you from the beginning?{H7218} have ye not understood{H995} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth?{H776} 22 [ It is] he that sitteth{H3427} above the circle{H2329} of the earth,{H776} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof are as grasshoppers;{H2284} that stretcheth out{H5186} the heavens{H8064} as a curtain,{H1852} and spreadeth them out{H4969} as a tent{H168} to dwell in;{H3427} 23 that bringeth{H5414} princes{H7336} to nothing; that maketh{H6213} the judges{H8199} of the earth{H776} as vanity.{H8414} 24 Yea, they have not been planted;{H5193} yea, they have not been sown;{H2232} yea, their stock{H1503} hath not taken root{H8327} in the earth:{H776} moreover he bloweth{H5398} upon them, and they wither,{H3001} and the whirlwind{H5591} taketh{H5375} them away as stubble.{H7179} 25 To whom then will ye liken{H1819} me, that I should be equal{H7737} [to him]? saith{H559} the Holy One.{H6918} 26 Lift up{H5375} your eyes{H5869} on high,{H4791} and see{H7200} who hath created{H1254} these, that bringeth out{H3318} their host{H6635} by number;{H4557} he calleth{H7121} them all by name;{H8034} by the greatness{H7230} of his might,{H202} and for that he is strong{H533} in power,{H3581} not one{H376} is lacking.{H5737} 27 Why sayest{H559} thou, O Jacob,{H3290} and speakest,{H1696} O Israel,{H3478} My way{H1870} is hid{H5641} from Jehovah,{H3068} and the justice{H4941} [due] to me is passed away{H5674} from my God?{H430} 28 Hast thou not known?{H3045} hast thou not heard?{H8085} The everlasting{H5769} God,{H430} Jehovah,{H3068} the Creator{H1254} of the ends{H7098} of the earth,{H776} fainteth{H3286} not, neither is weary;{H3021} there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding.{H8394} 29 He giveth{H5414} power{H3581} to the faint;{H3287} and to him that hath no might{H202} he increaseth{H7235} strength.{H6109} 30 Even the youths{H5288} shall faint{H3286} and be weary,{H3021} and the young men{H970} shall utterly{H3782} fall:{H3782} 31 but they that wait{H6960} for Jehovah{H3068} shall renew{H2498} their strength;{H3581} they shall mount up{H5927} with wings{H83} as eagles;{H5404} they shall run,{H7323} and not be weary;{H3021} they shall walk,{H3212} and not faint.{H3286}