Cross references
Isaiah 40:20
One lacking such an offering
chooses wood that will not rot.
He seeks a skilled craftsman
to set up an idol that will not topple.
Isaiah 40:20 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 41:7 (5 votes) and Isaiah 46:7 (5 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Exodus 20 to Revelation 9.
Which verses does Isaiah 40:20 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 41:75 votes
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
- Isaiah 46:75 votes
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- Jeremiah 10:3–45 votes
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
- Isaiah 2:8–94 votes
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made. So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
- Daniel 5:233 votes
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- 1 Samuel 5:3–42 votes
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
- Isaiah 44:13–192 votes
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. …
Which verses point to Isaiah 40:20?
The 10 strongest of 19.