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The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] silver chains.
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The Folly of the Idol Factory
Commentators explain that Isaiah details the step-by-step process of making an idol—casting a base metal, plating it with gold, and adding chains—to expose its purely human origin. As John Calvin notes, the prophet reveals the 'madness' of worshipping an object that is merely the product of a craftsman's workshop, not a divine being.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The workman - The Hebrew word denotes a craftsman of any kind and is applied to one who engraved on wood or stone (Exodus 28:2);…
19th Century
Anglican
The workman melteth ... —The reign of Ahaz, not to speak of that of Manasseh, must have supplied the prophet with his picture of t…
Baptist
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,
The rough metal is cast in a certain fashion, and…
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16th Century
Protestant
The carver prepares a graven image. As public opinion has great force, and everything that pleases the multitude passes for a law, the Pro…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The workman melts a graven image Or, "the founder"; he melts some sort of metal, as iron, brass, copper, or lead, which h…
Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. Eve…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…
