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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. This maker of a god is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: What irony! God-making, with hammers and bellows! Isa_44:12. Yea, he is hungry, This god-maker is hungry! Isa_44:12. And his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. The god-maker is getting faint. There is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. That is one of these god-makers, you see; a man who makes an idol god, yet who himself gets thirsty by reason of the heat of the coals in his forge....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule, he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. A god in the house! A god shut up in a room! A god that has been made with compasses and planes! How...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The carpenter stretched out his rule; he marketh it out with a line he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak which he strengtheneth for himself among the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. Fancy a god-maker with his rule and his line, his planes and his compasses! What fine irony there is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. The raw material for a god is an ash, a watery tree: “The rain doth nourish it.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. The forest is growing stuff to make gods with out of ash, and oak, and cedar, and cypress.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread, yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it, he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself, yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread, yea, he maketh a god and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; He cuts up part of the tree for fuel, and warms himself with it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: and the residue thereof he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. They have been so full of sin that God has given them up to judicial blindness, and hardness of heart has come upon them as a punishment for their rebellion against the Most High.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes: He is like a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; Think of these false gods, and be ashamed of them.