Verse 18
Habakkuk 2:18
Bible in Basic English
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What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מָֽה הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָל/וֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔/וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּ/מ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְר/וֹ֙ עָלָ֔י/ו לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים
English Translation
What does a statue benefit, since its maker has cast it, and its image is false because the one who formed it trusts in it to make silent idols?
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