Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
The carpenter
Goldsmith
General references
Bible References
The carpenter
Isaiah 40:19 To an idol?—something that a smelter casts,
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?
Isaiah 44:12 The ironworker labors over the coals,
shapes the idol with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;
he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
shapes the idol with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;
he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
Isaiah 46:6 Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Jeremiah 10:3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Daniel 3:1
King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, 90 feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Goldsmith
Isaiah 40:20 To one who shapes a pedestal,
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
choosing wood that does not rot?
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not fall over.
Isaiah 46:7 They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
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.
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.
Judges 18:17
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image overlaid with silver, the ephod, and the household idols, while the priest was standing by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
General references
Isaiah 40:19 To an idol?—something that a smelter casts,
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?
and a metalworker plates with gold
and makes silver welds for it?