Isaiah 40:19

Translations

Modern

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Traditional

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Literal

To an idol a craftsman casts, and a metalworker overlays it with gold and fits with chains of silver?

Latin

Numquid sculptile conflavit faber? aut aurifex auro figuravit illud, et laminis argenteis argentarius?

Original

Hebrew

English

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Notes

Isaiah 40:1–31

This chapter introduces chapters 40–66. In this section, comfort means the result of God's merciful actions toward people in the future. It includes encouragement, strength, and acceptance.

God wants to rescue his people (Isaiah 40:1–11) and is fully capable of doing so (40:12–26). The exiles needed to trust God's promises and wait for their rescue (Isaiah 40:27–31; see also 30:15–18).

Theme notes and profiles

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Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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