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16 Now you will be disgraced
    instead of praised.
The Lord will make you drunk,
and when others see you naked,
    you will lose their respect.
17 You destroyed trees and animals
    on Mount Lebanon;
you were ruthless to towns
    and people everywhere.
Now you will be terrorized.

Idolatry Is Foolish

18 What is an idol worth?
    It's merely a false god.
Why trust a speechless image
made from wood or metal
    by human hands?

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16 You will be filled with shame(A) instead of glory.(B)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(C) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(D)
The cup(E) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(F) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(G)
For you have shed human blood;(H)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

18 “Of what value(I) is an idol(J) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image(K) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger