Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who saith to the wood, Awake! To the dumb stone, Arise! Will it teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath within it.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20But Jehovah is in his Holy temple; Be silent before him, all the earth!
Cross References
Psalms 97:7Confounded be they who worship graven images, Who glory in idols! To him, all ye gods, bow down!
Isaiah 40:19The workman casteth an image, And the smith overlayeth it with gold, And casteth for it silver chains.
Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver in the balance; They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; They fall down, yea, they worship it.
Jeremiah 10:4It is decked with silver and gold, And with nails and with hammers is it fastened, That it may not totter.
Jeremiah 10:14Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge; By his image is every founder put to shame, For his molten-work is deceit; There is no breath in it.
Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and whose breadth was six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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 →