Verse 3

For the customs{H2708} of the people{H5971} are vain{H1892}: for one cutteth{H3772}{(H8804)} 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 make{H3335}{(H8802)} a graven image{H6459} are all of them vanity{H8414}; and their delectable things{H2530}{(H8803)} shall not profit{H3276}{(H8686)}; and they are their own witnesses{H5707}; they see{H7200}{(H8799)} not, nor know{H3045}{(H8799)}; that they may be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}. 10 Who hath formed{H3335}{(H8804)} a god{H410}, or molten{H5258}{(H8804)} a graven image{H6459} that is profitable{H3276}{(H8687)} for nothing{H1115}? 11 Behold, all his fellows{H2270} shall be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}: and the workmen{H2796}, they are of men{H120}: let them all be gathered together{H6908}{(H8691)}, let them stand up{H5975}{(H8799)}; yet they shall fear{H6342}{(H8799)}, and they shall be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} together{H3162}. 12 The smith{H1270}{H2796} with the tongs{H4621} both worketh{H6466}{(H8804)} in the coals{H6352}, and fashioneth{H3335}{(H8799)} it with hammers{H4717}, and worketh{H6466}{(H8799)} it with the strength{H3581} of his arms{H2220}: yea, he is hungry{H7457}, and his strength{H3581} faileth{H369}: he drinketh{H8354}{(H8804)} no water{H4325}, and is faint{H3286}{(H8799)}. 13 The carpenter{H2796}{H6086} stretcheth out{H5186}{(H8804)} his rule{H6957}; he marketh it out{H8388}{(H8762)} with a line{H8279}; he fitteth{H6213}{(H8799)} it with planes{H4741}, and he marketh it out{H8388}{(H8762)} with the compass{H4230}, and maketh{H6213}{(H8799)} it after the figure{H8403} of a man{H376}, according to the beauty{H8597} of a man{H120}; that it may remain{H3427}{(H8800)} in the house{H1004}. 14 He heweth him down{H3772}{(H8800)} cedars{H730}, and taketh{H3947}{(H8799)} the cypress{H8645} and the oak{H437}, which he strengtheneth{H553}{(H8762)} for himself among the trees{H6086} of the forest{H3293}: he planteth{H5193}{(H8804)} an ash{H766}, and the rain{H1653} doth nourish{H1431}{(H8762)} it. 15 Then shall it be for a man{H120} to burn{H1197}{(H8763)}: for he will take{H3947}{(H8799)} thereof, and warm{H2552}{(H8799)} himself; yea, he kindleth{H5400}{(H8686)} it, and baketh{H644}{(H8804)} bread{H3899}; yea, he maketh{H6466}{(H8799)} a god{H410}, and worshippeth{H7812}{(H8691)} it; he maketh{H6213}{(H8804)} it a graven image{H6459}, and falleth down{H5456}{(H8799)} thereto. 16 He burneth{H8313}{(H8804)} part{H2677} thereof in{H1119} the fire{H784}; with part{H2677} thereof he eateth{H398}{(H8799)} flesh{H1320}; he roasteth{H6740}{(H8799)} roast{H6748}, and is satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}: yea, he warmeth{H2552}{(H8799)} himself, and saith{H559}{(H8799)}, Aha{H1889}, I am warm{H2552}{(H8804)}, I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} the fire{H217}: 17 And the residue{H7611} thereof he maketh{H6213}{(H8804)} a god{H410}, even his graven image{H6459}: he falleth down{H5456}{(H8799)} unto it, and worshippeth{H7812}{(H8691)} it, and prayeth{H6419}{(H8691)} unto it, and saith{H559}{(H8799)}, Deliver{H5337}{(H8685)} me; for thou art my god{H410}. 18 They have not known{H3045}{(H8804)} nor understood{H995}{(H8799)}: for he hath shut{H2902}{(H8804)} their eyes{H5869}, that they cannot see{H7200}{(H8800)}; and their hearts{H3826}, that they cannot understand{H7919}{(H8687)}. 19 And none considereth{H7725}{(H8686)} in his heart{H3820}, neither is there knowledge{H1847} nor understanding{H8394} to say{H559}{(H8800)}, I have burned{H8313}{(H8804)} part{H2677} of it in{H1119} the fire{H784}; yea, also I have baked{H644}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} upon the coals{H1513} thereof; I have roasted{H6740}{(H8799)} flesh{H1320}, and eaten{H398}{(H8799)} it: and shall I make{H6213}{(H8799)} the residue{H3499} thereof an abomination{H8441}? shall I fall down{H5456}{(H8799)} to the stock{H944} of a tree{H6086}? 20 He feedeth{H7462}{(H8802)} on ashes{H665}: a deceived{H2048}{(H8795)} heart{H3820} hath turned him aside{H5186}{(H8689)}, that he cannot deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} his soul{H5315}, nor say{H559}{(H8799)}, Is there not a lie{H8267} in my right hand{H3225}?
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Assemble{H6908}{(H8734)} yourselves and come{H935}{(H8798)}; draw near{H5066}{(H8690)} together{H3162}, ye that are escaped{H6412} of the nations{H1471}: they have no knowledge{H3045}{(H8804)} that set up{H5375}{(H8802)} the wood{H6086} of their graven image{H6459}, and pray{H6419}{(H8693)} unto a god{H410} that cannot save{H3467}{(H8686)}.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, What iniquity{H5766} have your fathers{H1} found{H4672}{(H8804)} in me, that they are gone far{H7368}{(H8804)} from me, and have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} vanity{H1892}, and are become vain{H1891}{(H8799)}?
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether{H259} brutish{H1197}{(H8799)} and foolish{H3688}{(H8799)}: the stock{H6086} is a doctrine{H4148} of vanities{H1892}.
  • Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have set up kings{H4427}{(H8689)}, but not by me: they have made princes{H7786}{(H8689)}, and I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} it not: of their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} have they made{H6213}{(H8804)} them idols{H6091}, that they may be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)}. 5 Thy calf{H5695}, O Samaria{H8111}, hath cast{H2186}{(H8804)} thee off; mine anger{H639} is kindled{H2734}{(H8804)} against them: how long will it be ere{H3808} they attain{H3201}{(H8799)} to innocency{H5356}? 6 For from Israel{H3478} was it also: the workman{H2796} made{H6213}{(H8804)} it; therefore it is not God{H430}: but the calf{H5695} of Samaria{H8111} shall be broken in pieces{H7616}.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profiteth{H3276}{(H8689)} the graven image{H6459} that the maker{H3335}{(H8802)} thereof hath graven{H6458}{(H8804)} it; the molten image{H4541}, and a teacher{H3384}{(H8688)} of lies{H8267}, that the maker{H3335}{(H8802)} of his work{H3336} trusteth{H982}{(H8804)} therein, to make{H6213}{(H8800)} dumb{H483} idols{H457}? 19 Woe{H1945} unto him that saith{H559}{(H8802)} to the wood{H6086}, Awake{H6974}{(H8685)}; to the dumb{H1748} stone{H68}, Arise{H5782}{(H8798)}, it shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)}! Behold, it is laid{H8610}{(H8803)} over with gold{H2091} and silver{H3701}, and there is no breath{H7307} at all in the midst{H7130} of it.
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 But{G1161} when ye pray{G4336}{(G5740)}, use{G945} not{G3361} vain repetitions{G945}{(G5661)}, as{G5618} the heathen{G1482} do: for{G1063} they think{G1380}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they shall be heard{G1522}{(G5701)} for{G1722} their{G846} much speaking{G4180}.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 Because{G1360} that, when they knew{G1097}{(G5631)} God{G2316}, they glorified{G1392}{(G5656)} him not{G3756} as{G5613} God{G2316}, neither{G2228} were thankful{G2168}{(G5656)}; but{G235} became vain{G3154}{(G5681)} in{G1722} their{G846} imaginations{G1261}, and{G2532} their{G846} foolish{G801} heart{G2588} was darkened{G4654}{(G5681)}.
  • 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know{G1492}{(G5761)} that{G3754} ye were{G3084} not{G3756} redeemed{G3084}{(G5681)} with corruptible things{G5349}, as silver{G694} and{G2228} gold{G5553}, from{G1537} your{G5216} vain{G3152} conversation{G391} received by tradition from your fathers{G3970};
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 Therefore shall ye keep{H8104}{(H8804)} mine ordinance{H4931}, that ye commit{H6213}{(H8800)} not any one of these abominable{H8441} customs{H2708}, which were committed{H6213}{(H8738)} before{H6440} you, and that ye defile{H2930}{(H8691)} not yourselves therein: I am the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}.
  • 1 Kgs 18:26-28 : 26 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} the bullock{H6499} which was given{H5414}{(H8804)} them, and they dressed{H6213}{(H8799)} it, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} on the name{H8034} of Baal{H1168} from morning{H1242} even until noon{H6672}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, O Baal{H1168}, hear{H6030}{(H8798)} us. But there was no{H369} voice{H6963}, nor any that answered{H6030}{(H8802)}. And they leaped{H6452}{(H8762)} upon the altar{H4196} which was made{H6213}{(H8804)}. 27 And it came to pass at noon{H6672}, that Elijah{H452} mocked{H2048}{(H8762)} them, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Cry{H7121}{(H8798)} aloud{H1419}{H6963}: for he is a god{H430}; either he is talking{H7879}, or he is pursuing{H7873}, or he is in a journey{H1870}, or peradventure{H194} he sleepeth{H3463}, and must be awaked{H3364}{(H8799)}. 28 And they cried{H7121}{(H8799)} aloud{H6963}{H1419}, and cut{H1413}{(H8704)} themselves after their manner{H4941} with knives{H2719} and lancets{H7420}, till the blood{H1818} gushed out{H8210}{(H8800)} upon them.
  • Isa 40:19-31 : 19 The workman{H2796} melteth{H5258}{(H8804)} a graven image{H6459}, and the goldsmith{H6884}{(H8802)} spreadeth{H7554}{(H8762)} it over with gold{H2091}, and casteth{H6884}{(H8802)} silver{H3701} chains{H7577}. 20 He that is so impoverished{H5533}{(H8794)}{(H8676)}{H5534}{(H8765)} that he hath no oblation{H8641} chooseth{H977}{(H8799)} a tree{H6086} that will not rot{H7537}{(H8799)}; he seeketh{H1245}{(H8762)} unto him a cunning{H2450} workman{H2796} to prepare{H3559}{(H8687)} a graven image{H6459}, that shall not be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}. 21 Have ye not known{H3045}{(H8799)}? have ye not heard{H8085}{(H8799)}? hath it not been told{H5046}{(H8717)} you from the beginning{H7218}? have ye not understood{H995}{(H8689)} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776}? 22 It is he that sitteth{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the circle{H2329} of the earth{H776}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof are as grasshoppers{H2284}; that stretcheth out{H5186}{(H8802)} the heavens{H8064} as a curtain{H1852}, and spreadeth them out{H4969}{(H8799)} as a tent{H168} to dwell in{H3427}{(H8800)}: 23 That bringeth{H5414}{(H8802)} the princes{H7336}{(H8802)} to nothing; he maketh{H6213}{(H8804)} the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776} as vanity{H8414}. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted{H5193}{(H8738)}; yea, they shall not be sown{H2232}{(H8795)}: yea, their stock{H1503} shall not take root{H8327}{(H8782)} in the earth{H776}: and he shall also blow{H5398}{(H8804)} upon them, and they shall wither{H3001}{(H8799)}, and the whirlwind{H5591} shall take{H5375}{(H8799)} them away as stubble{H7179}. 25 To whom then will ye liken{H1819}{(H8762)} me, or shall I be equal{H7737}{(H8799)}? saith{H559}{(H8799)} the Holy One{H6918}. 26 Lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} your eyes{H5869} on high{H4791}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} who hath created{H1254}{(H8804)} these things, that bringeth out{H3318}{(H8688)} their host{H6635} by number{H4557}: he calleth{H7121}{(H8799)} them all by names{H8034} by the greatness{H7230} of his might{H202}, for that he is strong{H533} in power{H3581}; not one{H376} faileth{H5737}{(H8738)}. 27 Why sayest{H559}{(H8799)} thou, O Jacob{H3290}, and speakest{H1696}{(H8762)}, O Israel{H3478}, My way{H1870} is hid{H5641}{(H8738)} from the LORD{H3068}, and my judgment{H4941} is passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} from my God{H430}? 28 Hast thou not known{H3045}{(H8804)}? hast thou not heard{H8085}{(H8804)}, that the everlasting{H5769} God{H430}, the LORD{H3068}, the Creator{H1254}{(H8802)} of the ends{H7098} of the earth{H776}, fainteth{H3286}{(H8799)} not, neither is weary{H3021}{(H8799)}? there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding{H8394}. 29 He giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} power{H3581} to the faint{H3287}; and to them that have no might{H202} he increaseth{H7235}{(H8686)} strength{H6109}. 30 Even the youths{H5288} shall faint{H3286}{(H8799)} and be weary{H3021}{(H8799)}, and the young men{H970} shall utterly{H3782}{(H8800)} fall{H3782}{(H8735)}: 31 But they that wait{H6960}{(H8802)} upon the LORD{H3068} shall renew{H2498}{(H8686)} their strength{H3581}; they shall mount up{H5927}{(H8799)} with wings{H83} as eagles{H5404}; they shall run{H7323}{(H8799)}, and not be weary{H3021}{(H8799)}; and they shall walk{H3212}{(H8799)}, and not faint{H3286}{(H8799)}.