Isaiah 40:19 Cross References - YLT

¹⁹ The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

² And Aaron saith unto them, `Break off the rings of gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;' <sup>3</sup> and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which are in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron, <sup>4</sup> and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

⁴ And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands, ⁵ A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, ⁶ Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, ⁷ Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; ⁸ Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

¹⁸ Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

²⁰ In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

¹⁸ `Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land, ¹⁹ so as to put their gods into fire—for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone—and they destroy them.

⁶ Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.' <sup>7</sup> And strengthen doth an artisan the refiner, A smoother with a hammer, Him who is beating on an anvil, Saying, `For joining it is good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!

¹⁰ Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out—not profitable? ¹¹ Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans—they are of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together. ¹² He hath wrought iron with an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

⁶ —They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves. ⁷ They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.

³ For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, ⁴ With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble. ⁵ As a palm they are stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

⁹ Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful—all of them.

⁶ For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

¹⁸ What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation—to make dumb idols? ¹⁹ Woe to him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid—gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.