Isaías 40:19

19 Al ídolo un escultor lo funde;un joyero lo enchapa en oroy le labra cadenas de plata.

Isaías 40:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:19

The workman melteth a graven image
Or, "the founder"; he melts some sort of metal, as iron, brass, copper, or lead, which he casts into a mould for an image, and afterwards graves, or gets it graved: and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold;
or, "the finer"; he stretches out plates of gold, and covers it with them, so that it looks as if it was made of solid gold, and deceives the eyes of men; such stupidity and vanity are there in mortals to believe that there can be deity in such a piece of workmanship! and casteth silver chains to put about the graven image,
either for ornament, or rather to fasten it to some wall or pillar, that it may stand upright, and may not be taken down and stole away, or blown down with the wind, or fall of itself and be broken; thus ridiculing the weakness of these idols, and the folly of the makers and worshippers of them. The Targum is,

``the silversmith joins silver chains to it.''

Isaías 40:19 In-Context

17 Todas las naciones no son nada en su presencia;no tienen para él valor alguno.

18 ¿Con quién compararán a Dios?¿Con qué imagen lo representarán?

19 Al ídolo un escultor lo funde;un joyero lo enchapa en oroy le labra cadenas de plata.

20 El que es muy pobre para ofrendarescoge madera que no se pudra,y busca un hábil artesanopara erigir un ídolo que no se caiga.

21 ¿Acaso no lo sabían ustedes?¿No se habían enterado?¿No se les dijo desde el principio?¿No lo entendieron desde la fundación del mundo?