Isaiah 46:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)Those who lavish gold from the purse,
and weigh out silver in the scales,
hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
(B)then they fall down and worship!
Acts 17:29
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29 (A)Being then God's offspring, (B)we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
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Isaiah 40:19-20
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19 (A)An idol! A craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.
20 (B)He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood[a] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood
Habakkuk 2:18-20
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18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
19 (D)Woe to him (E)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (F)there is no breath at all in it.
20 But (G)the Lord is in his holy temple;
(H)let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Hosea 8:4-6
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4 (A)They made kings, (B)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 (C)I have[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
(D)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(E)The calf of Samaria
(F)shall be broken to pieces.[b]
Daniel 3:5-15
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5 that when you hear the (A)sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you (B)are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately (C)be cast into a burning fiery furnace.” 7 Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all (D)the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
The Fiery Furnace
8 Therefore at that time certain (E)Chaldeans (F)came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. 9 They declared[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, (G)have made a decree, that every man who (H)hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, (I)shall fall down and worship the golden image. 11 And whoever does not fall down and worship (J)shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have (K)appointed over the affairs of (L)the province of Babylon: (M)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, (N)pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar (O)in furious rage commanded that (P)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready when (Q)you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good.[b] But if you do not worship, (R)you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And (S)who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”
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- Daniel 3:9 Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26
- Daniel 3:15 Aramaic lacks well and good
Jeremiah 10:14
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14 (A)Every man is stupid and without knowledge;
(B)every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
(C)and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:3-4
English Standard Version
3 (A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.[a]
(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 (C)They decorate it with silver and gold;
(D)they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:3 Or vapor, or mist
Isaiah 44:12-19
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12 (A)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. 13 The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil.[a] He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. (B)He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 (C)He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16 Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. (D)He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19 No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an (E)abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
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- Isaiah 44:13 Hebrew stylus
Isaiah 2:8
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8 Their land is (A)filled with idols;
they bow down to (B)the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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Judges 17:3-4
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3 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make (A)a carved image and (B)a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.” 4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother (C)took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
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Exodus 32:2-4
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2 So Aaron said to them, “Take off the (A)rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 4 (B)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (C)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
Isaiah 45:20
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20 (A)“Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
(B)They have no knowledge
who (C)carry about their wooden idols,
(D)and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
Isaiah 41:6-7
English Standard Version
6 Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 (A)The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails (B)so that it cannot be moved.
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