Habakkuk 2:18-20 Part 1 of 3

"What good is an idol carved by a man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation--a god that can't even talk! What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, 'Wake up and save us!' To speechless stone images you say, 'Rise up and teach us!' Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside. But the LORD is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him."

"What good is an idol carved by a man, or a cast image that deceives you?"

Isaiah 41:21 "Present the case for your idols," says the LORD. "Let them show what they can do," says the King of Israel. (see verses 6-7, 21-24)

Isaiah 44:9  How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. (see verses 9-20)

 

"How foolish to trust in your own creation--a god that can't even talk!" 

Isaiah 44:10  Who but a fool would make his own god--an idol that cannot help him one bit?

Isaiah 44:19  The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, "Why, it's just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?"

Jeremiah 10:14  The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power. (see verses 11-16)

Hosea 4:12  "They ask a piece of wood for advice! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God." (see all chapter 4)

 

"What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, 'Wake up and save us!' To speechless stone images you say, 'Rise up and teach us!' " 

Psalm 97:7  Those who worship idols are disgraced--all who brag about their worthless gods--for every god must bow to him (the Lord of all the earth). (see all Psalm 97)

Isaiah 44:17  Then he takes what is left (see verse 16) and makes his god: a carved idol! He falls down in front of it, worshiping and praying to it. "Rescue me!" he says. "You are my god!"

 

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