Habakkuk 2:18 meaning and explanation
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Habakkuk 2:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Habakkuk has been told to write down a vision of judgment on the proud and violent, and the taunts that follow heap scorn on Babylon's greed and bloodshed. Here the prophet turns to the idols that stood behind such confidence.
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