Their (A)idols are silver and gold,
The (B)work of man’s hands.
They have mouths, but they (C)cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
[a]They have hands, but they cannot feel;
[b]They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
(D)Those who make them [c]will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.

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  1. Psalm 115:7 Lit Their hands
  2. Psalm 115:7 Lit Their feet
  3. Psalm 115:8 Or are like them

19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the (A)work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have (B)destroyed them.

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18 “What (A)profit is the [a]idol when its maker has carved it,
Or [b]an image, a (B)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker (C)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
19 “Woe to him who (D)says to a piece of wood, ‘(E)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with (F)gold and silver,
And there is (G)no breath at all inside it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:18 Or a graven image
  2. Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a cast metal image