The gods of the other people\par were only gold and silver statues.\par Their gods were only statues\par that people made.\par
Isaiah 40:19 - Easy To Read Version But some people make statues\par from rock or wood,\par and they call them gods.\par One worker makes a statue.\par Then another worker covers it with gold\par and makes silver chains for it.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The graven image! A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it. American Standard Version (1901) The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains. Common English Bible An idol? A craftsman pours it, a metalworker covers it with gold, and fashions silver chains. Catholic Public Domain Version Should the workman cast a statue? Or has the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hath the workman cast a graven statue? Or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver? |
The gods of the other people\par were only gold and silver statues.\par Their gods were only statues\par that people made.\par
And the people who made the statues\par will become just like them!\par Why? Because they trusted those statues\par to help them.\par
At that time, people will throw away their gold and silver idols. (The people made those statues so the people could worship them.) The people will throw those statues into holes in the ground where bats and moles {\cf2\super [26]} live.
Your land is full of statues that people worship. The people made those idols {\cf2\super [21]} and the people worship them.
You have statues covered with silver and gold. Those false gods have made you dirty (sinful). But you will stop serving those false gods. You will throw away those gods like waste and dirty rags. {\cf2\super [280]}
They use silver from the city of Tarshish\par and gold from the city of Uphaz\par and make their statues.\par Carpenters and metal-workers make those idols.\par They put blue and purple clothes on those idols.\par “Wise men” make those “gods.”\par
As they were drinking they were giving praise to their idol gods. They gave praise to those gods—and those gods were only statues made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
But Micah gave the silver back to his mother. So she took about 5 pounds [126] of the silver and gave them to a silversmith. [127] The silversmith used the silver to make a statue covered with silver. The statue was put in Micah’s house.