Isaiah 46:6 References
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"Those who alavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bbow down, indeed they worship it.
a Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 44:12-17, Jeremiah 10:4
Isaiah 40
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As for the aidol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith bplates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
Isaiah 41
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So the acraftsman encourages the bsmelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, cSo that it will not totter.
Isaiah 44
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The aman shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary.
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aAnother shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of bman, so that it may sit in a chouse.
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Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.
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Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also amakes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and bfalls down before it.
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Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire."
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But the rest of it he amakes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also bprays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god."