The carpenter - The axe is made (Isaiah 44:12), and the carpenter now proceeds to the construction of the god.

Stretch…

The carpenter. —The wooden idol comes next. First there is the rough measurement with the “rule;” then the craftsman draws the out…

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and ma…

That it may abide in the house. Thus he shows the folly of such intense application; for their toil brings no other reward than to see the…

The carpenter stretches out his rule; Or, the worker of trees ^F5; that works in wood, or makes images of wood;…

Image-making is described to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the …

1. And now hear, O Jacob. Here, third, he strengthens them by explaining the worthle ne of idols, lest they should believe that the…