7 They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
it xcannot move from its place.
If one ycries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
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Psalm 115:7
They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
Isaiah 40:20
He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.
Isaiah 41:7
The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
Isaiah 44:17
And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
Isaiah 45:20
“Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
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