Habakkuk 2:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

That

Jonah 1:5

It is

And there

Psalm 135:17

General references

Psalm 115:8

Isaiah 40:19

Jonah 2:8

Bible References

That

So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made.

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!'

"So the time will certainly come when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be put to shame. All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst.

Therefore when they all heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.

It is

A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

And there

and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

General references

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.