Isaiah 41:7
So 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
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6Everyone helps his neighbor, and every one says to one another, 'Be encouraged.' 1
8But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, 1 the offspring of Abraham my friend, 1
Cross References
Judges 18:24He said, “You stole the gods that I made, you have taken my priest, and you are leaving. What else do I have left? How can you ask me, 'What is bothering you?'”
Isaiah 44:12The smith works with his tools, forming it, working over the coals. 1 He shapes it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. 1 He is hungry, and his strength wanes; he drinks no water and becomes faint. 1
Jeremiah 10:3For the religious customs of these people are worthless. 1 They cut down a tree in the forest, and the craftsman carves the wood. 1
Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue that was sixty cubits tall and six cubits wide. 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 →