Isaiah 40:19 Douay-Rheims

Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Ibn Ezra

1089–1167 Jewish

הפסלּ The image, which is cut of stone or wood. נסך Melteth. Comp. ענל מסכה a molten calf (Ex, 32:4). ירקענו Beateth it. Comp. וירקעו and they did beat (Ex. 39:3), רקיע expanse (Gen. 1:6). רתקות A kind of chain. Comp. הרתוק the chains (Ez. 7:23)

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