THEOSISDaniel 5:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.
אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃
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- Dan 5:23But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.
- Hab 2:19Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.
- Ps 135 (134):15
- Ps 135 (134):18
- Rev 9:20And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk:
- Rev 9:21Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts.
- Isa 42:8I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
- Ps 115 (113):4