Isaiah 44:12

The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals. He shapes an idol with hammers; he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He drinks no water and grows faint.

Isaiah 40:19

As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

Isaiah 41:6-7

Each helps the other and says to his brother: Be strong!

Isaiah 46:6-7

Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.

Exodus 32:4

After he worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said: Israel, this is your god, who brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 32:8

They have already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They made a statue of a calf for themselves. They have bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They said: Israel, here is your god who brought you out of Egypt.'

Jeremiah 10:3-11

The people's customs are erroneous and empty. It is wood cut from the forest. It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

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Summary

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

The tongs

General references

Bible References

The smith isa 40

Isaiah 41:6
Each helps the other and says to his brother: Be strong!
Isaiah 46:6
Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.
Exodus 32:4
After he worked on the gold with a tool, he made it into a statue of a calf. Then they said: Israel, this is your god, who brought you out of Egypt.
Jeremiah 10:3
The people's customs are erroneous and empty. It is wood cut from the forest. It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

The tongs

Habakkuk 2:13
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

General references

Psalm 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within.
Isaiah 40:19
As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.