Isaiah 44:13
“The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule,.... Or, the worker of trees (e); that works in wood, or makes images of wood;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The carpenter - The axe is made Isa 44:12, and the carpenter now proceeds to the construction of the god. Stretcheth out…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 44:9-20
Often before, God, by the prophet, had mentioned the folly and strange sottishness of idolaters; but here he enlarges…
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