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Habakkuk 2:18 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Habakkuk 2:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Habakkuk chapter 2 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? maker of: Heb. fashioner of his fashion”
Habakkuk 2:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Habakkuk 2:18
God mocks idolatry: 'What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?' (mah-ho'il pesel ki-fesalo yotzro massekhah umoreh sheqer ki-vatach yotzer yitzro alav la'asoth elilim illeim). The rhetorical question expects the answer: nothing. Idols profit nothing because they're merely human creations. The 'maker' (yotzer) creates something, then absurdly 'trusteth therein' (vatach)—trusting what he himself fabricated. It's a 'teacher of lies' (moreh sheqer) because it false...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Habakkuk 2:18
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“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”
“you were led away to those mute idols”
“nor know”
“and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed”
“You are my father; and to a stone”
“the work of men's hands.”
“yes”
“the work of men's hands.”