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Habakkuk 2:19 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 2 · verse 19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.Habakkuk 2:19 · King James Version
Habakkuk 2:19 in context
17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Awakeqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- stoneʼebena stoneH68 →
- Ariseʻûwrto wakeH5782 →
- teachyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
- woodʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates by rapine and injustice;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20