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Bible Verses About Idol: Manufacture of
Verses on Manufacture of
An image made by a craftsman, which a goldsmith overlays with gold, for which he then casts silver chains?
A man too poor to afford an offering chooses a piece of wood that won't rot, then seeks out a skilled artisan to prepare an image that won't fall over.
All idol-makers amount to nothing; their precious productions profit no one; and their witnesses, to their own shame, neither see nor understand.
Who would fashion a god or cast an image that profits no one anything?
All involved will be ashamed, but more than anyone else, the people who made them. Let them all be assembled, let them stand up; let them fear and be shamed together.
A blacksmith makes a tool over burning coals; with his strong arm he shapes it with hammers. But when he gets hungry, his strength fails; if he doesn't drink water, he grows tired.
There was a silversmith named Demetrius who manufactured from silver, objects connected with the worship of the goddess Artemis; and he provided no small amount of work for the craftsmen.
He called a meeting of them and of those engaged in similar trades, and said, “Men, you understand that this line of business provides us our living.