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Isaiah 40:19

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

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  1. Isaiah 40:17

    All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

  2. Isaiah 40:18

    To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

  3. Isaiah 40:20

    He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

  4. Isaiah 40:21

    Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.