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Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

Habakkuk 2:19 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીહબાક્કુક ૨:૧૯
જે મનુષ્ય લાકડાને કહે છે જાગ. તથા પથ્થરને કહે છે ઊઠ.’ તેને અફસોસ! શું તે આ શીખવી શકે? જુઓ, તે તો સોના અને ચાંદીથી મઢેલી છે, પણ તેની અંદર બિલકુલ શ્વાસ નથી.
हिन्दीहबक्कूक २:१९
हाय उस पर जो काठ से कहता है, जाग, या अबोल पत्थर से, उठ! क्या वह सिखाएगा? देखो, वह सोने चाँदी में मढ़ा हुआ है, परन्तु उसमें जीवन नहीं है। (1 कुरि. 12:2)

In context

17For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.

18“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

19Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

20But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”

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