Psalms 135:15
15 aThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,the work of human hands.
Psalms 135:18
18Those who make them become like them,so do all who trust in them.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
3 bfor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ▼▼Or vapor, or mist
dA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 eThey decorate it with silver and gold;
fthey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols ▼
▼Hebrew They
are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,and hthey cannot speak;
ithey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
jfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:9
9 kBeaten silver is brought from lTarshish,and gold from mUphaz.
nThey are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
othey are all the work of skilled men.
Hosea 8:6
6For it is from Israel;a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
pThe calf of Samaria
qshall be broken to pieces. ▼
▼Or shall go up in flames
Habakkuk 2:18-19
18 s“What profit is an idolwhen its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, ta teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes uspeechless idols!
19 vWoe to him wwho says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and xthere is no breath at all in it.
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