以赛亚书 41:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

木匠堅固金匠，用鎚打光金屬的，鼓勵打砧的；論銲工說：“銲得好！”又用釘子釘穩了。使偶像不致動搖。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
木 匠 勉 励 银 匠 ， 用 ? 打 光 的 勉 励 打 砧 的 ， 论 焊 工 说 ， 焊 得 好 ； 又 用 钉 子 钉 稳 ， 免 得 偶 像 动 摇 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord says, "Faraway countries, listen to me. Let the nations become strong. Come to me and speak; we will meet together to decide who is right. ² "Who caused the one to come from the east? Who gives him victories everywhere he goes? The one who brought him gives nations over to him and defeats kings. He uses his sword, and kings become like dust. He uses his bow, and they are blown away like chaff. ³ He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before. ⁴ Who caused this to happen? Who has controlled history since the beginning? I, the Lord , am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished." ⁵ All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me. ⁶ The workers help each other and say to each other, "Be strong!" ⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the workman who smooths the metal with a hammer encourages the one who shapes the metal. He says, "This metal work is good." He nails the statue to a base so it can't fall over. ⁸ The Lord says, "People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham. ⁹ I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, ‘You are my servants.' I have chosen you and have not turned against you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the carpenter: Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 44:12-15, Isaiah 46:6, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:3-5, Jeremiah 10:9, Daniel 3:1-7

goldsmith: or, founder. him that smote the anvil. or, the smiting. saying, It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good. that it. Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 46:7, Judges 18:17, Judges 18:18, Judges 18:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:3 - they said one to another 1 Samuel 5:3 - set him Isaiah 37:19 - no gods Isaiah 41:1 - let the people Isaiah 46:1 - Bel Jeremiah 9:5 - weary Jeremiah 23:14 - in the Jonah 1:7 - every Revelation 9:20 - and idols

Cross-References

Genesis 20:3
But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, "You will die. The woman you took is married."

Genesis 37:5
One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

Gill's Notes on the 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 it with plates of gold or silver:

and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil; he that beat out thin plates of gold and silver with the hammer, in order to decorate the wooden god, encouraged the smith at the forge, that smote on the anvil, there making nails for the fastening it to a pillar or wall, to hasten his work:

saying, it is ready for the sodering; for the several joints to be put together, by sodering them:

and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved; either the goldsmith and finer fastened the plates of gold and silver with nails, that they might be kept fast and close to it; or the smith that smote on the anvil, and made the nails, he fastened the image with them at some proper place, that so it might not fall, or be taken away. All which, as it represents the hurry and solicitude idolaters were in to keep up their craft and religion, so it exposes them to ridicule and contempt.

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 of any kind; and may be applied either to one who works in gold, silver, or brass. The image here is that of haste, anxiety, solicitude. One workman in the manufacture of idols encouraged another, in order that the idols might be finished as soon as possible, and that thus the favor of the gods might be propitiated, and the impending danger averted.

He that smootheth with the hammer - That is, he encourages or strengthens him that smites on the anvil. The idol was commonly cast or founded, and of course was in a rough state. This required to be smoothed, or polished, and this was in part done doubtless by a small hammer.

Him that smote the anvil - The workman whose office it was to work on the anvil - forming parts of the idol, or perhaps chain.

It is ready for the sodering - The parts are ready to be welded, or soldered together. All this is descriptive of haste and anxiety to have the work done; and the object of the prophet is evidently to ridicule their vain solicitude to defend themselves against the plans and purposes of God by efforts of this kind.

And he fastened it with nails - He fixed it to its place in the temple, or in the dwelling; and thus showed a purpose that the worship of the idol should be permanent, and fixed. Hooks, or nails, were necessary to keep it in its place, and secure it from falling down. When the idol was thus fixed, they supposed that their kingdoms were safe. They judged that the gods would interpose to protect and defend them from their foes. This is a beautiful descrip tion of the anxiety, and pains, and consternation of sinners when calamity is coming upon them, and of the nature of their reliances. What could these dumb idols - these masses of brass, or silver, or stone, do to protect them? And in like manner what can all the refuges of sinners do when God comes to judge them, and when the calamities connected with death and the judgment shall overtake them? They are just as full of consternation as were the pagan who are here described; and all their refuges will be just as little to be relied on as were the senseless images which the pagan had made for their defense.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 41:7. That it should not be moved - "That it shall not move."] Five MSS., (two ancient,) and the ancient Versions, add the conjunction ו vau, "and," reading ולא velo, "and not," which seems to be right.