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They have mouths, but they (A)do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;

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They (A)carry it upon the shoulder and bear it;
They set it in its place, and it stands there.
(B)It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it (C)cannot answer;
It (D)cannot save him from his distress.

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Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they (A)cannot speak;
They must be (B)carried
Because they cannot take a step!
Do not fear them,
For they (C)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”

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18 “What (A)profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,
Or a molten image, a (B)teacher of [a]lies?
For its maker (C)trusts in his own making
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.
20 But (H)Yahweh is in His holy temple.
[b]Let all the earth (I)be silent before Him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:18 Lit a lie
  2. Habakkuk 2:20 Lit Hush before Him, all the earth