Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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 smith isa 40
The tongs
General references
Bible References
The smith isa 40
Isaiah 41:6 Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
Isaiah 46:6 “Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
Theybow down, indeed they worship it.
And weigh silver on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They
Exodus 32:4
He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Becauseit is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Because
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
The tongs
Habakkuk 2:13 “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoplestoil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
That peoples
And nations grow weary for nothing?
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Psalm 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;
Theirsoul fainted within them.
Their
Isaiah 40:19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmithplates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
A goldsmith
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.