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 the other,
and says to another, “Take courage!”
and says to another, “Take courage!”
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.
Exodus 32:4
He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.
Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
Then they said, “Israel, this is your God,
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.
The tongs
Habakkuk 2:13 Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
General references
Psalm 107:5 They were hungry and thirsty;
their spirits failed within them.
their spirits failed
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?