Isaiah 40:19

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A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

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  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, 6 ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, 7 hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. 8 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Ufaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things? 19 Woe to the one who says to wood,‘Wake up!’– he who says to speechless stone,‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.
  • Hos 8:6 : 6 That idol was made by a workman– it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
  • Ps 135:15 : 15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.
  • Ps 135:18 : 18 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.
  • Isa 2:20 : 20 At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
  • Isa 37:18-19 : 18 It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands. 19 They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.
  • Exod 32:2-4 : 2 So Aaron said to them,“Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said,“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
  • Judg 17:4 : 4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
  • Isa 44:10-12 : 10 Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless? 11 Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame. 12 A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
  • Isa 46:6-7 : 6 Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it. 7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.
  • Jer 10:3-5 : 3 For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. 4 He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over. 5 Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you.”
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They help one another; one says to the other,‘Be strong!’ 7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

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  • Isa 46:5-6
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    5To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

    6Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

  • Isa 44:9-12
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    9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

    10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

    11Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame.

    12A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.

  • Isa 40:20
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    20To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

  • Isa 40:18
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    18To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

  • Ps 135:15
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    15The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

  • Jer 10:9
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    9Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Ufaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers.

  • Ps 115:4
    79%

    4Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

  • Exod 31:4-5
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    4to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,

    5and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

    19Woe to the one who says to wood,‘Wake up!’– he who says to speechless stone,‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.

  • Exod 35:32-33
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    32to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

    33and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.

  • Jer 51:17
    77%

    17All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

  • Jer 10:14
    77%

    14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

  • Exod 25:39
    76%

    39About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
    76%

    5for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the LORD today?”

  • Jer 10:4
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    4He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

  • Isa 41:7
    75%

    7The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

  • Isa 44:17
    75%

    17With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying,‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’

  • Ps 135:18
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    18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

  • Exod 28:14
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    14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

  • Exod 39:15
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    15They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

  • Exod 39:3
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    3They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

  • Isa 44:15
    74%

    15A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

  • Ps 115:8
    74%

    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • Isa 31:7
    73%

    7For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

  • Isa 30:22
    73%

    22You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”

  • Song 1:11
    73%

    11We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.

  • Exod 37:24
    73%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • Deut 27:15
    72%

    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Jer 16:20
    72%

    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

  • Isa 3:19
    72%

    19earrings, bracelets, veils,

  • Exod 37:22
    72%

    22Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

  • Exod 28:22
    72%

    22“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

  • Hos 13:2
    72%

    2Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them:“Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”

  • Exod 37:17
    72%

    17The Making of the Lampstand He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece.

  • Prov 25:4
    72%

    4Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

  • Hos 8:6
    72%

    6That idol was made by a workman– it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.

  • Exod 25:31
    72%

    31The Lampstand“You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece.

  • Exod 37:2
    71%

    2He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • Isa 37:19
    71%

    19They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

  • Ezek 16:11
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    11I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

  • Exod 37:12
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    12He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

  • Exod 25:36
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    36Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.