Isaiah 2:16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all pleasant pictures. That the artist's pencil and the engraver's knife have sometimes been made subservient to the kingdom of evil is frankly admitted. After the ashes and sconce were removed from Herculaneum and Pompeii the walls of those cities discovered to the explorers a degradation in art which cannot be exaggerated. Satan and all his imps have always wanted the fingering of the easel; they would rather have possession of that than the art of printing, for types are not so potent and quick for evil as pictures. (T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.WEB: For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery. |
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