Isaiah 40:19-21

19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and fashions silver chains for it.

20 A man too poor to present such an offering
selects wood that will not rot.
He looks for a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not topple.

21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

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Cross References for Isaiah 40:19-21

Isaiah 41:6-7 - each helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” Click to read the verse Isaiah 41:6-7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 41:6-7

Isaiah 44:12 - The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:12

Exodus 32:2-4 - Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters ... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:2-4 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:2-4

Isaiah 2:20 - In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold... Click to read the verse Isaiah 2:20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 2:20

Jeremiah 10:3-5 - For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsma... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:3-5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:3-5

Psalms 115:4-8 - But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. Click to read the verse Psalms 115:4-8 Click to read the verse Psalms 115:4-8

Jeremiah 10:9 - Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:9 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 10:9

Isaiah 46:6-7 - Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to... Click to read the verse Isaiah 46:6-7 Click to read the verse Isaiah 46:6-7

Habakkuk 2:18-19 - “Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 2:18-19 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 2:18-19

Judges 17:4 - So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave th... Click to read the verse Judges 17:4 Click to read the verse Judges 17:4

Isaiah 37:18-19 - “It is true, O Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands. Click to read the verse Isaiah 37:18-19 Click to read the verse Isaiah 37:18-19

Hosea 8:6 - They are from Israel! This calf—a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pi... Click to read the verse Hosea 8:6 Click to read the verse Hosea 8:6

Habakkuk 2:19 - Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’ Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’ Can it give guida... Click to read the verse Habakkuk 2:19 Click to read the verse Habakkuk 2:19

Isaiah 41:6 - each helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” Click to read the verse Isaiah 41:6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 41:6

Psalms 135:15 - The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. Click to read the verse Psalms 135:15 Click to read the verse Psalms 135:15

Psalms 135:18 - Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. Click to read the verse Psalms 135:18 Click to read the verse Psalms 135:18

Isaiah 44:10-12 - Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit him nothing? Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:10-12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:10-12