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Habakkuk 2:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Habakkuk 2:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 For your violence against Lebanon
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you[a]
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
18 What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:17 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads them
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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