Habakkuk 2:17-19
New Life Version
17 The bad things you have done to Lebanon will come back to you. Because you have killed its animals, now they will make you afraid. This will happen because of all the killing you have done. You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18 “Of what worth is a false god when a workman has made it? Of what worth is an object of worship, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own work when he makes these false gods that cannot speak. 19 It is bad for him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Wake up!’ or to a stone that cannot speak, ‘Get up!’ Can this teach you? See, it is covered with gold and silver. There is no breath in it.
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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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