etc, were all made of gold and silver, with a very few being made of copper. The cherubs in the Most Holy, the alter of incense, and even the entire inside of the house was overlaid with gold. By today's prices, the gold in Solomon's Temple would probably be valued at $50 billi...
10 But wretched are they, and in dead things are their hopes, who termed gods things made by human hands:Gold and silver, the product of art, and images of beasts, or useless stone, the work of an ancient hand. The Carpenter and Wooden Idols 11 A carpenter may cut down a suitable ...
horror and shame will cover them.They will shave their heads in sorrow and remorse. 19 “They will throw their money in the streets, tossing it out like worthless trash.Their silver and gold won’t save them on that day of the Lord’s anger.It will neither sa...
This brings to mindJames 5:1-5which issues out a warning to rich oppressors. Verse 3 states: “Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you andeat your flesh like fire.” The word “testify” indicates that James is referring to a time of judgment; this i...
and preparing, not partying. Incredibly, he orders that the sacred gold and silver vessels that were captured from the Jewish temple be brought out and used at this drunken orgy. Then God crashes his party. Daniel 5: 5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand emerged and began writing opposite...
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; ...
” And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in ...
And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city – the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings – will be carried off to Babylon. As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die and be ...
and makes worthless idols that cannot speak. 19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up! or to mute stone: Come alive! Can it teach? Look! It may be plated with gold and silver, yet there is no breatha in it at all. 20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;b let the...
gold, silver, and bronze;6 blue, purple, and scarlet thread;fine linen and goat hair for cloth;7 tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather;acacia wood;8 olive oil for the lamps;spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;9 onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the...