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17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you;
    the destruction of the beasts will terrify you,[a]
for the blood of men and violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell therein.

18 What profit is an idol
    when its maker has shaped it,
    a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For the workman trusts in his own creation
    when he makes dumb idols!
19 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
    to a dumb stone, Arise!
    Can this give revelation?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
    and there is no breath at all in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:17 Gk Syr: Heb them

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