Habakkuk 2:18
What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood,—though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Psalms 115:4Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,—
Isaiah 1:31Then shall the strong one become tow, And his work a spark,—And they shall both blaze together And there be none to quench the fire.
Isaiah 42:17They have drawn back They turn very pale Who have been trusting in a graven image,—Who have been saying to a molten image, Ye, are our gods!
Isaiah 44:10Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!
Isaiah 45:16They have turned pale and even been put to shame, all of them,—Together have they gone into disgrace, have the makers of images:
Isaiah 46:1Bel, hath crouched, Nebo, is cowering, Their images, are delivered up to beast and to cattle,—The things ye carried about, are become a load, A burden, to the weary!
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 →