Habakkuk 2:18-20

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁸“What benefit is there in a carved idol
when its maker has carved it?
What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies,
when its maker has molded it?
The one who formed it trusts himself
to make worthless idols that cannot speak.
¹⁹‘How horrible it will be for the one
who says to a piece of wood, “Wake up!”
and to a stone that cannot talk, “Get up!” ’
Can that thing teach ⌞anyone⌟?
Just look at it!
It’s covered with gold and silver,
but there’s absolutely no life in it.”