They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. Cross References Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. Isaiah 40:19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? Isaiah 40:20 To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple? Isaiah 41:7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, "It is good." He nails it down so it will not be toppled. Isaiah 46:6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!" Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all." Treasury of Scripture They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. deck. Psalm 115:4 Psalm 135:15 Isaiah 40:19,20 fasten. Isaiah 41:6 Isaiah 44:12 Isaiah 46:7 |