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Habakkuk 2:18

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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

What profiteth {H3276} the graven image {H6459} that the maker {H3335} thereof hath graven {H6458} it; the molten image {H4541}, and a teacher {H3384} of lies {H8267}, that the maker {H3335} of his work {H3336} trusteth {H982} therein, to make {H6213} dumb {H483} idols {H457}?

What good is an idol, once its maker has shaped it, a cast metal image and a teacher of lies, that its maker puts his trust in it, and goes on making non-gods, unable to talk?

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 10:8 (9 votes)

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:2 (8 votes)

    Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

  • Isaiah 44:9 (8 votes)

    ¶ They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

  • Isaiah 44:10 (8 votes)

    Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?

  • Zechariah 10:2 (8 votes)

    For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.

  • Jeremiah 2:27 (7 votes)

    Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • Jeremiah 2:28 (7 votes)

    But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.