Habakkuk 2:18-20

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁸ What value does an idol have? What help can it give? Somebody has made it as the image of a false god. It can only tell false messages. Why should its maker trust it for help? He has used wood or metal to make it and it cannot speak!

¹⁹ It will be very bad for anyone who says to a piece of wood, “Wake up!” It will be bad for anyone who says to a stone that cannot speak, “Get up and help me!” It cannot teach you! It has gold or silver to make it look nice, but it is not alive.

²⁰ But the Lord rules from his holy temple. Everybody on the earth should be quiet in front of him.’