Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it? the molten image, and a teacher of falsehood? that the maker of his image trusteth therein, while making dumb idols?
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Psalms 115:4Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
Isaiah 1:31And the mighty oppressor shall become as tow, and his workman as a spark; and they shall both burn together, with none to quench.
Isaiah 42:17They shall be turned back, they shall be ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to molten idols, Ye are our gods.
Isaiah 44:10Who hath formed a god, or cast an image that profiteth nothing?
Isaiah 45:16They are ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: together shall they go to confusion that are makers of idols.
Isaiah 46:1Bel is bowed down, Nebo sinketh, their idols are [delivered] unto the beasts, and unto the cattle; those which were once carried by you are now laden up a burden to the weary beasts.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:16-20
Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord 's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the… Read the whole commentary →