Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

General references

Bible References

Deck

Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.

Fasten

Isaiah 41:6
Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, "Be strong!"
Isaiah 44:12
The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
Isaiah 46:7
They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.

General references

Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Isaiah 40:19
An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.

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