Isaiah 40:19
An artisan has poured out the carved image, || And a refiner spreads it over with gold, || And he is refining chains of silver.
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18And to whom do you liken God, || And what likeness do you compare to Him?
Cross References
Exodus 32:2And Aaron says to them, “Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring [them] to me”;
Psalms 115:4Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man’s hands,
Psalms 135:18Their makers are like them, || Everyone who is trusting in them.
Isaiah 37:18Truly, O YHWH, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,
Isaiah 41:7And an artisan strengthens the refiner, || A smoother [with] a hammer, || Him who is beating [on] an anvil, saying, “For joining it [is] good,” || And he strengthens it with nails, it is not moved!
Isaiah 46:6They are pouring out gold from a bag, || And they weigh silver on the beam, || They hire a refiner, and he makes it a god, || They fall down, indeed, they bow themselves.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27
Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →