Isaias 41:7

Filipino Cebuano Bible

7 Mao nga ang ang panday nag-agda sa magsasalsal sa bulawan, ug siya nga nagahinlo pinaagi sa pakang kaniya nga nagahampak sa pat-olan, nga nagaingon mahitungod sa pagsulda: Maayo man kini: ug siya nagpatapot niini pinaagi sa lansang nga kini dili na malihok.

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the carpenter: Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 44:12-15, Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:3-5, Jeremiah 10:9, Daniel 3:1-7

goldsmith: or, founder. him that smote the anvil. or, the smiting. saying, It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good. that it. Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 46:7, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:18, Judges 18:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:3 - they said one to another 1 Samuel 5:3 - set him Isaiah 37:19 - no gods Isaiah 41:1 - let the people Isaiah 46:1 - Bel Jeremiah 9:5 - weary Jeremiah 23:14 - in the Jonah 1:7 - every Revelation 9:20 - and idols

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,.... The carpenter, when he had made a wooden image, encouraged and hastened the goldsmith, or the "finer", as some render it, to do his part, in covering it with plates of gold or silver:

and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil; he that beat out thin plates of gold and silver with the hammer, in order to decorate the wooden god, encouraged the smith at the forge, that smote on the anvil, there making nails for the fastening it to a pillar or wall, to hasten his work:

saying, it is ready for the sodering; for the several joints to be put together, by sodering them:

and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved; either the goldsmith and finer fastened the plates of gold and silver with nails, that they might be kept fast and close to it; or the smith that smote on the anvil, and made the nails, he fastened the image with them at some proper place, that so it might not fall, or be taken away. All which, as it represents the hurry and solicitude idolaters were in to keep up their craft and religion, so it exposes them to ridicule and contempt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So the carpenter - (See the note at Isaiah 40:19).

Encouraged the goldsmith - Margin, ‘The founder’ (see the note at Isaiah 40:19). The word properly means one who melts or smelts metals of any kind; and may be applied either to one who works in gold, silver, or brass. The image here is that of haste, anxiety, solicitude. One workman in the manufacture of idols encouraged another, in order that the idols might be finished as soon as possible, and that thus the favor of the gods might be propitiated, and the impending danger averted.

He that smootheth with the hammer - That is, he encourages or strengthens him that smites on the anvil. The idol was commonly cast or founded, and of course was in a rough state. This required to be smoothed, or polished, and this was in part done doubtless by a small hammer.

Him that smote the anvil - The workman whose office it was to work on the anvil - forming parts of the idol, or perhaps chain.

It is ready for the sodering - The parts are ready to be welded, or soldered together. All this is descriptive of haste and anxiety to have the work done; and the object of the prophet is evidently to ridicule their vain solicitude to defend themselves against the plans and purposes of God by efforts of this kind.

And he fastened it with nails - He fixed it to its place in the temple, or in the dwelling; and thus showed a purpose that the worship of the idol should be permanent, and fixed. Hooks, or nails, were necessary to keep it in its place, and secure it from falling down. When the idol was thus fixed, they supposed that their kingdoms were safe. They judged that the gods would interpose to protect and defend them from their foes. This is a beautiful descrip tion of the anxiety, and pains, and consternation of sinners when calamity is coming upon them, and of the nature of their reliances. What could these dumb idols - these masses of brass, or silver, or stone, do to protect them? And in like manner what can all the refuges of sinners do when God comes to judge them, and when the calamities connected with death and the judgment shall overtake them? They are just as full of consternation as were the pagan who are here described; and all their refuges will be just as little to be relied on as were the senseless images which the pagan had made for their defense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 41:7. That it should not be moved - "That it shall not move."] Five MSS., (two ancient,) and the ancient Versions, add the conjunction ו vau, "and," reading ולא velo, "and not," which seems to be right.