Isaiah 40:20
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
1 Samuel 5:3-4
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord.
Isaiah 41:7
the one who flattens with the hammer
supports the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
Isaiah 46:7
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Jeremiah 10:3-4
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Isaiah 2:8-9
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,
Isaiah 44:13-19
he outlines it with a stylus;
he shapes it with chisels
and outlines it with a compass.
He makes it according to a human likeness,
like a beautiful person,
to dwell in a temple.
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Chooseth
Shall not
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Chooseth
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their fingers have made.
he outlines it with a stylus;
he shapes it with chisels
and outlines it with a compass.
He makes it according to a human likeness,
like a beautiful person,
to dwell in a temple.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Shall not
the one who flattens with the hammer
supports the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.