Psalm 135:17

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 10:13

God causes the loud thunder,\par and he causes great floods of water to fall from the sky.\par He makes clouds rise in the sky every place on earth.\par He sends lightning with the rain.\par He brings out the wind from his storehouses.\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

Hosea 13:2

Now the Israelites sin more and more. They make idols {\cf2\super [143]} for themselves. Workers make those fancy statues from silver. And then those people talk to their statues! They offer sacrifices to those statues. They kiss those \{golden\} calves.

Habakkuk 2:19

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.