Isaiah 40:19
The workman casteth an image, And the smith overlayeth it with gold, And casteth for it silver chains.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18To whom then will ye liken God, And what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Cross References
Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands:
Psalms 135:18They that make them are like them; So is every one that trusteth in them.
Isaiah 37:18In truth, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations, and their lands,
Isaiah 41:7The carpenter encouraged the smith, He that smoothed with the hammer him that smote on the anvil, And said, “The soldering is good,” And he fastened it with nails that it might not fall.
Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; They fall down, yea, they worship it.
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 →