Verse 19
Isaiah 40:19
World English Bible, British Edition
19
A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/פֶּ֨סֶל֙ נָסַ֣ךְ חָרָ֔שׁ וְ/צֹרֵ֖ף בַּ/זָּהָ֣ב יְרַקְּעֶ֑/נּוּ וּ/רְתֻק֥וֹת כֶּ֖סֶף צוֹרֵֽף
English Translation
The idol is shaped by a craftsman, and a goldsmith overlays it; they fasten it with silver chains.
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Chapter 40 Context
1
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God (Elohim).
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2
“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare
is accomplished, that her iniq...
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3
The voice of one who calls out,
“Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness!
Make a level highway...
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4
Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be ma...
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5
The LORD’s glory shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD h...
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6
The voice of one saying, “Cry out!”
One said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass,
and all...
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7
The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because the LORD’s breath blows on it.
Surely the people are li...
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8
The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God (Elohim) stands forever.”
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9
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift...
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10
Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one,
and his arm will rule for him.
Behold, his reward is...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his b...
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12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and cal...
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13
Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit,
or has taught him as his counsellor?
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14
Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of justice,
and tau...
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15
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.
B...
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16
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
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17
All the nations are like nothing before him.
They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vani...
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18
To whom then will you liken God (Elohim)?
Or what likeness will you compare to him?
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19
A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it...
20
He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree
that will not rot.
He seeks a skilful...
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21
Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
Haven’t you understo...
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22
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stre...
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23
who brings princes to nothing,
who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
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24
They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground...
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25
“To whom then will you liken me?
Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He ca...
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27
Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and the justice due me is...
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28
Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God (Elohim), the LORD,
the Creator of the end...
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29
He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him who has no might.
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30
Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
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31
but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles...
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