They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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Gill's Exposition
They deck it with silver and with gold,.... Cover it with plates of silver and gold, for the sake of ornament, that it may look grand, majestic, and venerable; and by this means draw the eye and…
Barnes' Notes
They deck it - It was covered with plates of gold and silver, and then fastened with nails in its place, that it might not “more, i. e.” tumble down. The agreement in this and the following verses…
The prophet Isaiah, when he prophesied of the captivity in Babylon, added warnings against idolatry and largely exposed the sottishness of idolaters, not only because the temptations in Babylon would…
Cambridge Bible
The idol is covered with plates of silver and gold, and secured to its place.
move lit. shake. Cp. Isa 40:20; Isa 41:7.
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