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Habakkuk 2:17-19
Revised Standard Version
Habakkuk 2:17-19
Revised Standard Version
17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;
the destruction of the beasts will terrify you,[a]
for the blood of men and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell therein.
18 What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For the workman trusts in his own creation
when he makes dumb idols!
19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a dumb stone, Arise!
Can this give revelation?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:17 Gk Syr: Heb them
Habakkuk 2:17-19
New International Version
Habakkuk 2:17-19
New International Version
17 The violence(A) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(B)
For you have shed human blood;(C)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18 “Of what value(D) is an idol(E) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(F) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(G)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(H)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(I)
there is no breath in it.”(J)
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