Habakkuk 2:19

Easy To Read Version

It will be very bad for the person that says to a wooden statue, “Get up!” It will be very bad for the person that says to a stone that can’t speak, “Wake up!” Those things can’t help him. That statue may be covered with gold and silver, but there is no life in that statue.

Cross References

Psalm 135:15

The gods of the other people\par were only gold and silver statues.\par Their gods were only statues\par that people made.\par

Psalm 135:17

The statues had ears, but couldn’t hear.\par The statues had noses, but couldn’t smell.\par

Psalm 97:7

People worship their idols.\par They brag about their “gods.”\par But those people will be embarrassed.\par Their “gods” will bow down\par and worship the Lord.\par

Isaiah 26:14

Those dead \{lords {\cf2\super [243]} \} will not come to life.\par Those ghosts will not rise from death.\par You decided to destroy them.\par And you destroyed everything that makes us think about them.\par

Isaiah 40:19

But some people make statues\par from rock or wood,\par and they call them gods.\par One worker makes a statue.\par Then another worker covers it with gold\par and makes silver chains for it.\par

Isaiah 41:26

Who told us about this before it happened?\par We should call him God. {\cf2\super [379]} \par \{Did one of your statues\par tell us these things\}?\par No! None of those statues\par told us anything.\par Those statues did not say a word—\par and those false gods can’t hear\par the words that you say.\par

Isaiah 44:17

But a little wood is left, so the man makes a statue from that wood and calls it his god. He bows down before this god and worships it. The man prays to the god and says, “You are my god, save me!”

Isaiah 46:6

Some people are rich with gold and silver. Gold falls from their purses, and they weigh their silver on scales. Those people pay an artist to make a false god from wood. Then those people bow down and worship that false god.

Isaiah 57:6

You love to worship the smooth rocks\par in the rivers.\par You pour wine on them to worship them.\par You give sacrifices {\cf2\super [440]} to them,\par but those rocks are all you get.\par Do you think this makes me happy?\par \{No! It does not make me happy.\}\par You make your bed on every hill\par and high mountain. {\cf2\super [441]} \par

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid!\par Metal workers are fooled by the idols\par that they themselves made.\par Those statues are nothing but lies.\par They are stupid. {\cf2\super [82]} \par

Jeremiah 10:3

The customs of other people\par are worth nothing.\par Their idols are nothing but wood\par from the forest.\par Their idols are made by a worker\par with his chisel.\par

Jeremiah 10:4

They make their idols beautiful\par with silver and gold.\par They use hammers and nails\par to fasten their idols down,\par so they will not fall over.\par

Jeremiah 10:9

They use silver from the city of Tarshish\par and gold from the city of Uphaz\par and make their statues.\par Carpenters and metal-workers make those idols.\par They put blue and purple clothes on those idols.\par “Wise men” make those “gods.”\par

Jeremiah 2:27

Those people talk to pieces of wood!\par They say, ‘You are my father.’\par Those people speak to a rock.\par They say, ‘You gave birth to me.’\par All those people will be ashamed.\par Those people don’t look at me.\par They have turned their backs to me.\par But when the people of Judah\par get into trouble, they say to me,\par ‘Come and save us!’\par

Jeremiah 2:28

Let those idols come and save you!\par Where are the idols\par that you have made for yourselves?\par Let’s see if those idols come\par and save you when you are in trouble.\par Judah, you have as many idols as cities!\par

Jeremiah 51:17

But people are so stupid.\par They don’t understand what God has done.\par Skilled workers make statues of false gods.\par Those statues are only false gods.\par They show how foolish that worker is.\par Those statues are not alive.\par

Jeremiah 51:47

The time will surely come—\par I will punish the false gods of Babylon.\par And the whole land of Babylon\par will be put to shame.\par There will be many, many dead people,\par lying in the streets of that city.\par

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold idol made. That idol was 60 cubits {\cf2\super [18]} high and 6 cubits {\cf2\super [19]} wide. Then he set the idol up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 3:18

But even if God does not save us, we want you to know, king, that we refuse to serve your gods. We won’t worship the gold idol you have set up.”

Daniel 3:29

So, I now make this law: The people of any nation or of any language that says anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut to pieces. And that person’s house will be destroyed until it is a pile of dirt and ashes. No other god can save his people like this.”

Daniel 3:7

So, as soon as they heard the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, {\cf2\super [25]} sambucas, {\cf2\super [26]} bagpipes, {\cf2\super [27]} and all of the other musical instruments, they bowed down and worshiped the gold idol. All the peoples, nations, and men of every kind of language there worshiped the gold idol that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Daniel 5:23

No, you did not become humble. Instead, you have turned against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Lord’s temple to be brought to you. Then you and your royal officials, your wives, and your women servants {\cf2\super [61]} drank wine from those cups. You gave praise to the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Those are not really gods, they can’t see, or hear, or understand anything. But you did not give honor to the God who has the power over your life and everything you do.

Daniel 5:4

As they were drinking they were giving praise to their idol gods. They gave praise to those gods—and those gods were only statues made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Jonah 1:5

The men wanted to make the boat lighter to stop it from sinking. So they began throwing the cargo {\cf2\super [5]} into the sea. The sailors were very scared. Each man began praying to his god.

Acts 17:29

That’s right. We are God’s children. So, you must not think that God is like something that people imagine or make. He is not like gold, silver, or rock.

Revelation 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and red. She was shining with the gold, jewels, and pearls she was wearing. She had a golden cup in her hand. This cup was filled with terrible (evil) things and the uncleanness of her sexual sin.