Isaiah 41:7
“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 be moved.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,.... The carpenter, when he had made a wooden image, encouraged and hastened…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
So the carpenter - (See the note at Isa 40:19). Encouraged the goldsmith - Margin, ‘The founder’ (see the note at Isa…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 41:1-9
That particular instance of God's care for his people Israel in raising up Cyrus to be their deliverer is here insisted…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the carpenter stands here for the same word as workman in Isa 40:19: it denotes an "artificer" either in metal or wood…
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