Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it: The goldsmith overlays it with gold 1 and forges silver chains for it. 1
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18To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him? 1
Cross References
Exodus 32:2So Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings that are on your wives' ears, and the ears of your sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
Psalms 115:4The nations' idols are silver and gold, 1 the work of men's hands. 1
Psalms 135:18Those who make them are like them, 1 as is everyone who trusts in them. 1
Isaiah 37:18It is true, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.
Isaiah 41:7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil, 1 saying of the welding, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not topple over. 1
Isaiah 46:6People pour out gold from the bag and weigh silver on the scale. 1 They hire a metalsmith, and he makes it into a god; they bow down and worship it. 1
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 →