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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that πis so impoverished
caker (Hebrew #5534)
to shut up; by implication, to surrender
KJV usage: stop, give over. See also 5462, 7936.
Pronounce: saw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
cakan (Hebrew #5533)
properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor
KJV usage: endanger, impoverish.
Pronounce: saw-kan'
Origin: probably a denominative from 7915
that he hath no oblation
truwmah (Hebrew #8641)
from 7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
KJV usage: gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-maw'
Origin: or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}
chooseth
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
a tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
that will not rot
raqab (Hebrew #7537)
to decay (as by worm-eating)
KJV usage: rot.
Pronounce: raw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
; he seeketh
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him a cunning
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
workman
charash (Hebrew #2796)
a fabricator or any material
KJV usage: artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, + mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
Pronounce: khaw-rawsh'
Origin: from 2790
to prepare
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
a graven image
pecel (Hebrew #6459)
an idol
KJV usage: carved (graven) image.
Pronounce: peh'-sel
Origin: from 6458
, that shall not be moved
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
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is poor of oblation.

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Cunning,
Graven Image,
Image,
Oblation

Cross References

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is so impoverished that he hath no oblation.
Heb. is poor ofoblation.
chooseth.
Isa. 2:8‑9• 8And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made.
 9And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them! (Isa. 2:8‑9)
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Isa. 44:13‑19• 13The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.
 14When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth--he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh it grow.
 15And it shall be for a man to burn, and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth it also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a *god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
 16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he is warm, and saith, Aha, I am become warm, I have seen the fire.
 17And with the remainder thereof he maketh a *god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my *god.
 18They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
 19And none taketh it to heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and have also baked bread upon the coals thereof, I have roasted flesh, and eaten it, and with the rest thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood? (Isa. 44:13‑19)
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Jer. 10:3‑4• 3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
 4they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Jer. 10:3‑4)
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Dan. 5:23• 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:23)
shall not.
Isa. 41:7• 7And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved. (Isa. 41:7)
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Isa. 46:7• 7They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:7)
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1 Sam. 5:3‑4• 3And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
 4And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him. (1 Sam. 5:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.