Habakkuk 2:18-20 Part 2 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."

"Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.

Psalm 135:15  The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold shaped by human hands. (see verses 15-18, also Psalm 115:4-8)

Jeremiah 10:3-5  "Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol. They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won't fall over. Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good." (see all chapter 10)

Hosea 13:2  Now they continue to sin by making silver idols, images shaped skillfully with human hands. "Sacrifice to these," they cry, "and kiss the calf idols!" (see all chapter 13)

Revelation 9:20  But the people who did not die in these plagues (see verses 18-19)  still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood--idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! (see all chapter 9)

 

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