Isaiah 40:20
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20 Whoever is too impoverished for such [a]a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
(A)To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
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- Isaiah 40:20 an offering
Jeremiah 10:3-4
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3 For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile;
For (A)one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They (B)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
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- Jeremiah 10:3 Lit. vanity
Isaiah 46:7
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7 (A)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though (B)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 41:7
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7 (A)So the craftsman encouraged the (B)goldsmith;[a]
He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil,
Saying, [b]“It is ready for the soldering”;
Then he fastened it with pegs,
(C)That it might not totter.
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- Isaiah 41:7 refiner
- Isaiah 41:7 Or The soldering is good
Isaiah 2:8-9
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8 (A)Their land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
9 People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.
Daniel 5:23
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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
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- Daniel 5:23 Exalted
- Daniel 5:23 The temple
Isaiah 44:13-19
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13 The craftsman stretches out his rule,
He marks one out with chalk;
He fashions it with a plane,
He marks it out with the compass,
And makes it like the figure of a man,
According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself,
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He [a]secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Then it shall be for a man to burn,
For he will take some of it and warm himself;
Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 (A)They do not know nor understand;
For (B)He has [b]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (C)understand.
19 And no one (D)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
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- Isaiah 44:14 Lit. appropriates
- Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over
1 Samuel 5:3-4
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3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, (A)fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and (B)set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. (C)The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only [a]Dagon’s torso was left of it.
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- 1 Samuel 5:4 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT Dagon
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