Jeremiah 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.
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- Isaiah 46:7 They bear it on their shoulder. They carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands there. It cannot move from its place. Yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer. It cannot save him out of his trouble.
- Isaiah 40:19–20 A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it. He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved.
- Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.