Isaiah 41:7
So the charash (craftsman) encouraged the tzoref (goldsmith), 1 and he that smootheth with the patish (hammer) 1 encouraged him that strikes the anvil, 1 saying of the soldering, tov hu; 1 and he fastened it with nails, 1 so that it should not topple. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6They helped everyone his re'a; 1 and everyone said to his brother, chazak! 1
8But thou, Yisroel, art Avdi, 1 Ya'akov whom I have chosen, 1 the zera Avraham Ohavi (My friend). 1
Cross References
Judges 18:24And he said, Ye have taken away my g-ds which I made, and the kohen, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? And what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
Isaiah 44:12The charash barzel (ironsmith) with his ma'atzad (chizel) both worketh in the red-hot coals, and formeth it with hammers, and forgeth it with his zero'a ko'ach and also, he is hungry, and his ko'ach faileth; he drinketh no mayim, and grows faint.
Jeremiah 10:3For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions; 1 for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest), 1 the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe. 1
Daniel 3:1Nevukhadnetzar the king made a tzelem of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 41:2-10
Idolatry Exposed. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hath wrought and done it,… Read the whole commentary →