Isaiah 46:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some people hire a goldsmith and give silver and gold to be formed into an idol for them to worship.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:28

Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship any more. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.”

Psalm 115:7

Their hands have no feeling, their legs don't move, and they can't make a sound.

Exodus 32:8

They have already stopped obeying me and have made themselves an idol in the shape of a young bull. They have bowed down to it, offered sacrifices, and said that it is the god who brought them out of Egypt.

Isaiah 2:8

Everywhere in the country they worship the idols they have made.

Isaiah 30:22

Then you will treat your idols of silver and gold like rubbish; you will throw them away like filthy rags.

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

Jeremiah 10:14

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Jeremiah 10:9

Idols are made by humans. A carver shapes the wood. A metalworker hammers out a covering of gold from Uphaz or of silver from Tarshish. Then the idol is dressed in blue and purple clothes.

Jeremiah 50:38

Your rivers and canals will dry up. All this will happen, because your land is full of idols, and they have made fools of you.

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built twenty-seven metres high and nearly three metres wide. He had it set up in Dura Valley near the city of Babylon,

Hosea 13:2

Now you continue to sin by designing and making idols of silver in the shape of calves. You are told to sacrifice to these idols— yes, even to kiss them.

Acts 17:29

Since we are God's children, we must not think that he is like an idol made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn't like anything that humans have thought up and made.