Jeremiah 10:4
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4 (A)They decorate it with silver and gold;
(B)they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Isaiah 46:7
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7 (A)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
(B)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
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
Isaiah 44:12
English Standard Version
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.
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Isaiah 41:6-7
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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.
Psalm 135:15
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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
Psalm 115:4
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