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.
Fasten
General references
Bible References
Deck
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.
Psalm 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.
Isaiah 40:19
To an idol? A craftsman makes the image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains.
Fasten
Isaiah 41:6
Each helps his neighbor, saying to each other, "Be strong!'
Isaiah 44:12
The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.
Isaiah 46:7
And they lift it on their shoulders, carry it, set it up in its place, and there it stands. It cannot move from that spot. One may even call to it, but it cannot answer nor save him from his distress.
General references
Exodus 20:4
"You are not to craft for yourselves an idol or anything resembling what is in the skies above, or on earth beneath, or in the water sources under the earth.
Isaiah 40:19
To an idol? A craftsman makes the image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains.