Habakkuk 2:18

18 1"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, 2a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes 3speechless idols!

Habakkuk 2:18 In-Context

16 You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD's right hand will come around to you, and utter shame will come upon your glory!
17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.
18 "What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him."

Cross References 3

  • 1. Isaiah 44:10
  • 2. Jeremiah 10:8, 14; Zechariah 10:2
  • 3. Psalms 115:5; 1 Corinthians 12:2
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