UIsaya 46:6

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

6 Bona bawohloza igolide engxoweni, balinganise isilivere ngesikali; baqesha umnyibilikisi, ayenze isithixo; basibekeke, ewe, baqubude.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lavish: Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 41:6, Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 44:12-19, Isaiah 45:20, Exodus 32:2-4, Judges 17:3, Judges 17:4, 1 Kings 12:28, Jeremiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:4, Jeremiah 10:9, Jeremiah 10:14, Hosea 8:4-6, Habakkuk 2:18-20, Acts 17:29

they fall: Isaiah 2:8, Isaiah 44:17, Daniel 3:5-15

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:3 - General Exodus 32:4 - fashioned Exodus 34:17 - General Numbers 23:14 - built seven Nehemiah 3:8 - the goldsmiths Psalms 115:4 - Their idols Psalms 135:15 - idols Isaiah 2:20 - his idols of silver Isaiah 30:22 - thy graven images of silver Isaiah 44:9 - and their Isaiah 55:2 - spend Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns Jeremiah 2:27 - to a stock Daniel 3:1 - made Daniel 5:4 - of gold Daniel 5:23 - which Hosea 2:8 - which they prepared for Baal Hosea 13:2 - have made Habakkuk 2:19 - it is Luke 4:7 - worship me

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They lavish gold out of the bag,.... As if it was of no value and account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, who are excessively devoted to idolatry; these, being rich, take out their bags of gold, and give it in a very profuse manner to a workman to make a golden image for them, not caring what it cost them; such an one was that which Nebuchadnezzar made, sixty cubits high, and six broad, Daniel 3:1 see an instance of profuseness this way in the Israelites themselves, Exodus 32:2.

And weigh silver in the balance; or "with a reed" o. Others, though idolaters, yet less devoted to idolatry, and more tenacious of their money, make silver do for a god, and weigh it out to the workman, that it be made of such a weight, and no more, and that they might not be cheated of their silver; or they weighed it to pay the workman for his workmanship. Money formerly was not coined and stamped, so not numbered by pieces, but weighed.

And hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; a "finer" or "founder", with whom they agree for such a sum of money, and he, of the gold or silver that is put into his hands, makes a god: he casts and moulds it into such a form or shape that is agreed upon, and this is called a god; though nothing but a piece of gold or silver fashioned by art and man's device, and the work of his hands:

they fall down, yea, they worship; the god they made; both the artificer, and he that employed him, fall down upon their knees, or their faces, and pay divine worship add adoration to the idol; though the one knew it was made of his own gold or silver, and the other knew it to be the workmanship of his hands. Worshipping is more than falling down, as Ben Melech observes, and therefore it is said, yea, they worship.

o בקנה "in calamo", Pagninus, Montanus. The bar of the balance on which they hang the scales with threads, Ben Meleck says is called

קנה, the "reed". So Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They lavish gold - The word used here means properly to shake out; and then to pour out abundantly, or in a lavish manner. It is used in connection with the idea of squandering in Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21; Proverbs 28:7. Here the idea is, that they spared no expense; they poured out gold as if it were vile and worthless, in order to make an idol. The design of this verse is, to show the superstition of those who were idolaters; and, particularly, how much they were willing to devote in order to maintain idol-worship.

Out of the bag - They pour their gold out of the bag, or purse, where they have kept it; that is, they lavish it freely.

And weigh silver in the balance - Perhaps the idea is here, that they used silver so lavishly that they did not wait to count it, but weighed it as they would the grosser metals. The word used here and translated ‘balance’ (קנה qâneh), means properly “cane, reed, calamus”; then a measuring reed or rod Ezekiel 40:3, Ezekiel 40:5; then a rod, or beam of a balance, or scales (Greek ζυγὸς zugos).

And hire a goldsmith - (See the notes at Isaiah 40:19-20).

And he maketh it a god - The goldsmith manufactures the gold and the silver into an image. The object of the prophet is to deride the custom of offering divine homage to a god formed in this manner (see the notes at Isaiah 44:9-19).