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Isaiah 46:6 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 46 · verse 6
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.Isaiah 46:6 · King James Version
Isaiah 46:6 in context
4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- goldsmithtsâraphto fuseH6884 →
- balanceqâneha reedH7070 →
- lavishzûwlprobably to shake outH2107 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- makethʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- weighshâqalto suspend or poiseH8254 →
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The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-13