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Isaiah 46

Isa. 46:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theyi lavish
zuwl (Hebrew #2107)
probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly
KJV usage: lavish, despise.
Pronounce: zool
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2151)
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
out of the bag
kiyc (Hebrew #3599)
a cup; also a bag for money or weights
KJV usage: bag, cup, purse.
Pronounce: keece
Origin: a form for 3563
, and weigh
shaqal (Hebrew #8254)
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV usage: pay, receive(-r), spend, X throughly, weigh.
Pronounce: shaw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
in the balance
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, and hire
sakar (Hebrew #7936)
a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to 3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare 7937); to hire
KJV usage: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-kar'
Origin: or (by permutation) cakar (Ezra 4:5) {saw-kar'}
a goldsmith
tsaraph (Hebrew #6884)
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast, (re-)fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Pronounce: tsaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
; and he maketh
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
it a god
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
: they fall down
cagad (Hebrew #5456)
to prostrate oneself (in homage)
KJV usage: fall down.
Pronounce: saw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
, yea, they worship
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 41:7• 7So the carpenter 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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Cross References

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Isa. 40:19‑20• 19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 20He that [is] impoverished so that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image [that] shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:19‑20)
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Isa. 41:6‑7• 6They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
 7So the carpenter 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. 41:6‑7)
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Isa. 44:12‑19• 12The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
 13The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with chalk; he fitteth it with adzes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man, to remain in the house.
 14When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
 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 warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
 17And with the residue 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 see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
 19And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood? (Isa. 44:12‑19)
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Isa. 45:20• 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:20)
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Ex. 32:2‑4• 2And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.
 3Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
 4And he took them out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! (Ex. 32:2‑4)
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Judg. 17:3‑4• 3And he restored the eleven hundred silver-pieces to his mother; and his mother said, I had dedicated the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; and now I will restore it to thee.
 4Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah. (Judg. 17:3‑4)
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1 Kings 12:28• 28Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (1 Kings 12:28)
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Jer. 10:3‑4,9,14• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
 9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.
 14Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. (Jer. 10:3‑4,9,14)
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Hos. 8:4‑6• 4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cast off.
 5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to purity?
 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hos. 8:4‑6)
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Hab. 2:18‑20• 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
 20But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:18‑20)
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Acts 17:29• 29Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:29)
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Isa. 2:8• 8Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. (Isa. 2:8)
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Isa. 44:17• 17And with the residue 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. (Isa. 44:17)
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Dan. 3:5‑15• 5that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
 6and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
 7Therefore, at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
 8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews.
 9They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
 10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
 11and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
 12There are certain Jews, whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
 13Then Nebuchadnezzar, in his rage and fury, commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then were these men brought before the king.
 14Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
 15Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Dan. 3:5‑15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a *god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

W. Kelly Translation

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Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.