Jeremiah 10:4
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They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
In other translations
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
Hebrew words
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- Isaiah 46:7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- Isaiah 40:19-2019 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? 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 44:12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
- Psalm 135:15The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 41:6-76 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” 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.
- Psalm 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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