Habakkuk 2:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”

Cross References

Psalm 135:15

Idols of silver and gold are made and worshipped in other nations.

Psalm 135:17

They are completely deaf, and they can't breathe.

Psalm 97:7

Those who boast about the useless idols they worship are terribly ashamed, and all the false gods bow down to the LORD.

Isaiah 26:14

Those enemies are now dead and can never live again. You have punished them— they are destroyed, completely forgotten.

Isaiah 40:19

Is an idol at all like God? It is made of bronze with a thin layer of gold, and decorated with silver.

Isaiah 41:26

Did any of you idols predict what would happen? Did any of you get it right? None of you told about this or even spoke a word.

Isaiah 44:17

Afterwards, he bows down to worship the wooden idol. “Protect me!” he says. “You are my god.”

Isaiah 46:6

Some people hire a goldsmith and give silver and gold to be formed into an idol for them to worship.

Isaiah 57:6

You have chosen to worship idols made of stone; you have given them offerings of wine and grain. Should I be pleased?

Jeremiah 10:14

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Jeremiah 10:3

Their religion is worthless! They chop down a tree, carve the wood into an idol,

Jeremiah 10:4

cover it with silver and gold, and then nail it down so it won't fall over.

Jeremiah 10:9

Idols are made by humans. A carver shapes the wood. A metalworker hammers out a covering of gold from Uphaz or of silver from Tarshish. Then the idol is dressed in blue and purple clothes.

Jeremiah 2:27

worship stone idols and sacred poles as if they had created you and had given you life. You have rejected me, but when you're in trouble, you cry to me for help.

Jeremiah 2:28

Go and cry to the gods you made! There should be enough of them to save you, because Judah has as many gods as it has towns.

Jeremiah 51:17

People who make idols are stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods cannot breathe.

Jeremiah 51:47

The time will come when I will punish Babylon's false gods. Everyone there will die, and the whole nation will be disgraced,

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built twenty-seven metres high and nearly three metres wide. He had it set up in Dura Valley near the city of Babylon,

Daniel 3:18

But even if he doesn't, we still won't worship your gods and the gold statue you have set up.”

Daniel 3:29

And I won't allow people of any nation or race to say anything against their God. Anyone who does will be chopped up and their houses will be torn down, because no other god has such great power to save.

Daniel 3:7

As soon as the people heard the music, they bowed down and worshipped the gold statue that the king had set up.

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here, so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them. You praised idols made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, even though they cannot see or hear or think. You refused to worship the God who gives you breath and controls everything you do.

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep.

Acts 17:29

Since we are God's children, we must not think that he is like an idol made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn't like anything that humans have thought up and made.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet robes, and she wore jewellery made of gold, precious stones, and pearls. In her hand she held a gold cup filled with the filthy and nasty things she had done.