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
They each one helped his neighbor, and said to his brother, Be strong.
Isaiah 46:6
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
Exodus 32:4
And he took them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool. And he made it a molten calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 10:3
For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the axe, the work of the hands of the workman.
The tongs
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?
General references
Psalm 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Isaiah 40:19
The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.