Isaiah 41:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,c and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. ”

Isaiah 41:7 - Albert 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...
Isaiah 41:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Conquering Career of Cyrus Claimed by Yahweh as Evidence of His Power. Isaiah 41:5 is probably an insertion made to connect Isaiah 41:4 with Isaiah 41:6 f. after Isaiah 41:6 f. for whi...
Isaiah 41:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. The workmen encouraged the founder. This verse is explained in various ways, and indeed is somewhat obscure; and even the Jewish writers are not agreed as to the meaning of the words. I s...
Isaiah 41:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should...
Isaiah 41:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The isles saw it, &c.— Bishop Lowth renders the 7th verse, The carver encouraged the smith; he that smootheth with the hammer, him that smiteth on the anvil; saying of the solder, it is good:...
Isaiah 41:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not...
Isaiah 41:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cyrus God's Agent 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the...
Isaiah 41:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So the carpenter. — The process is described even more vividly than in Isaiah 40:19 . For “the carpenter,” read the caster, the idol being a metal one. The image of lead or copper is then covere...
Isaiah 41:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 ; Isaiah 49:1...
Isaiah 41:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord Upholdeth His Servant Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the...
Isaiah 41:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island...
Isaiah 41:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is enough to read the account which the Lord here gives of idolatry, to behold the folly of it to the full. One sinner encouraging another, is among the devices of Satan, to blind the eyes of all....
Isaiah 41:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Isaiah 41:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should...
Isaiah 41:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Idolatry Exposed. B. C. 708. 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people ren...
Isaiah 41:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The carpenter, who brought wood to compose the body of the idol. The goldsmith, who was to prepare golden plates for covering and adorning of the image, which some of them beat out upon the anvil...
Isaiah 41:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Appeal To the People of the World ( Isaiah 41:1-7 ). Isaiah 41:1-3 “Keep silence before me, O coastlands, And let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them spe...
Isaiah 41:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

LESSONS FROM THE HEATHEN WORKERS Isaiah 41:5-7 . The isles saw it, and feared. &c. These verses indicate the state of feeling which was created among the heathen nations by the rapid and vic...
Isaiah 41:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 41:6-7 I. Encouragement must be lived as well as spoken. II. Encouragement must begin at the nearest point. III. Encouragement must not be merely seasonal. IV. Encouragement must not be...
Isaiah 41:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1 . Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; the...
Isaiah 41:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 41:1 . Keep silence before me, oh islands. Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple...
Isaiah 41:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

They helped every one his neighbour. Idolatry the subject of sarcasm: The sarcasm consists in making the idolaters dependent upon idols which are themselves dependent upon common workmen and th...
Isaiah 41:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION II .— RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN , AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON ( CH . 41-48.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 41:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF...
Isaiah 41:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of the Lord and the Vanity of the Heathen
Isaiah 41:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 3:1-7 ; Isaiah 40:19 ; Isaiah 40:20 ; Isaiah 44:12-15 ; Isaiah 46:6 ; Isaiah 46:7 ; Jeremiah 10:3-5 ; Jeremiah 10:9 ; Judges 18:17 ; Judges 18:18 ; Judges 18:24
Isaiah 41:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fastened it — To the wall or pillar.

Isaiah 41:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 41:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 41:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 41:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 41:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 41:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 41:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 41:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes