Verse 4

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:19-20 : 19 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it. 20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.
• Isa 46:7 : 7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
• Isa 41:6-7 : 6 Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, "Be strong!" 7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
• Isa 44:12 : 12 The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
• Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
• Ps 135:15 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.