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Hab. 2:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the ψmaker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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fashioner of his fashion.

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profiteth.

Isa. 37:38• ³⁸And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:38)

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Isa. 42:17• ¹⁷They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, [Ye are] our gods. (Isa. 42:17)

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Isa. 44:9‑10• ⁹They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
¹⁰Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing? (Isa. 44:9‑10)

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Isa. 45:16,20• ¹⁶They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together [that are] makers of idols.
²⁰Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:16,20)

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Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑8• ¹Bel boweth down, Nebo bendeth: their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your loads are lifted up, a burden to the weary [beast].
²They bend, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
⁶Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
⁸Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:1‑2,6‑8)

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Jer. 2:27‑28• ²⁷{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i}
²⁸{i}Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.{/i} (Jer. 2:27‑28)

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Jer. 10:3‑5• ³For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
⁴They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
⁵They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (Jer. 10:3‑5)

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Jer. 50:2• ²Declare ye among the nations, and publish and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. (Jer. 50:2)

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Rom. 6:21• ²¹What fruit then had you at that time? [Things] of which ye are now ashamed, for the end of those things [is] death. (Rom. 6:21)

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Jer. 10:8,14‑15• ⁸{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.{/i}
¹⁵They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:8,14‑15)

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Jonah 2:8• ⁸{i}They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.{HR}{/i} (Jonah 2:8)

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Zech. 10:2• ²{i}For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distress, because there is no shepherd.{/i} (Zech. 10:2)

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Rom. 1:23‑25• ²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures].
²⁴Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness so that their bodies were dishonoured among them;
²⁵which exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and served and reverenced the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen. (Rom. 1:23‑25)

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2 Thess. 2:9‑11• ⁹whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
¹⁰and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
¹¹And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error that they should believe falsehood, (2 Thess. 2:9‑11)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑2• ¹But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
²by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience, (1 Tim. 4:1‑2)

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Rev. 13:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
¹²And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him, and causeth the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
¹³And he doeth great signs, so that even fire he maketh come down out of the heaven unto the earth before men;
¹⁴and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Rev. 13:11‑15)

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Rev. 19:20• ²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

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Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 135:15‑18• ¹⁵Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
¹⁶A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
¹⁷Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth.
¹⁸Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:15‑18)

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Isa. 1:31• ³¹And the strong shall be as tow and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them]. (Isa. 1:31)

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Isa. 44:14‑20• ¹⁴When he heweth him down cedars, he also taketh a holm-oak and a terebinth, and he maketh one strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth a mountain-ash, and the rain nourisheth [it].
¹⁵And it shall be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; he kindleth [it] also, and baketh bread; he maketh also a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh, he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth [himself], and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the light.
¹⁷And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
¹⁸They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
¹⁹And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:14‑20)

maker of his work.

Heb. fashioner of his fashion.

dumb.

1 Cor. 12:2• ²Ye know that, when ye were Gentiles, [ye were] led away unto the dumb idols as ye might be led. (1 Cor. 12:2)

• {v.18-19} In other cases the woe was pronounced, and then the ground of it was explained. In this case, as being idolatry it was not merely a sin against men; neither covetousness nor violence nor corruption of others for selfish purposes; but the making and worship of graven images, an insult to God Himself who handed over power to the Chaldean. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

• God might be patient; but to set up a golden image for instance in the plain of Dura, after the God of heaven had formally given him his world-empire, was no small offense in the Chaldean. As usual, the first thorough departure from God is fatal. God may linger ever so many years after before the blow fell on the Chaldean; but when God does judge, this sin comes up before Him. (“Habakkuk 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

W. Kelly Translation

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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)