Isaiah 44:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The woodworker stretches out a measuring line, he outlines it with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He makes it according to a human form, like a beautiful person, to dwell in a temple.

Cross References

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

Acts 17:29

Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

Ezekiel 8:12

He said to me, ‘Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, “The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.” ’

Isaiah 41:7

The craftsman encourages the metalworker; the one who flattens with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, ‘It is good.’ He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.

Judges 18:24

He said, ‘You took the gods I had made and the priest, and went away. What do I have left? How can you say to me, “What’s the matter with you? ” ’

Deuteronomy 27:15

“The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.” And all the people will reply, “Amen! ”

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, ‘Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you.  Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Genesis 31:32

If you find your gods with anyone here, he will not live!  Before our relatives, point out anything that is yours and take it.’ Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

Genesis 31:30

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s family #– #but why have you stolen my gods? ’

Genesis 31:19

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

Isaiah 44:14

He cuts down  cedars for his use, or he takes a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

Ezekiel 8:10

I went in and looked, and there engraved all round the wall was every kind of abhorrent thing #– #crawling creatures and beasts #– #as well as all the idols of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 8:11

Seventy elders from the house of Israel were standing before them, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan  standing among them. Each had a firepan in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising up.