Habakkuk 2:19

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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 10:9 Related theme

Jeremiah 10:9 mentions beaten silver and gold from afar, work of craftsmen—further OT mockery of lifeless idols made by human hands.

1 Kings 18:26-29 shows Baal's prophets crying to their idol with no answer, mirroring Habakkuk's woe on calling to silent stone.

Psalm 97:7 Parallel

Psalm 97:7 calls for shame on those who serve carved images and boast in idols, matching Habakkuk's woe on idol worshippers.

Jeremiah 10:4 details decorating an idol with silver and gold and fastening it—almost identical imagery to Habakkuk's 'overlaid with gold'.

Acts 17:29 Parallel

Acts 17:29 states God is not like gold, silver, or stone images—a NT application of the same critique against material idols.

Psalm 135:17 continues the idol satire: idols have mouths/eyes but cannot speak/see—same lifelessness as Habakkuk's 'no breath'.

Isaiah 40:19 mocks the same process: a craftsman casts an idol and overlays it with gold, echoing Habakkuk's description.

Isaiah 44:17 satirizes making a god from wood and praying to it for deliverance, exactly like Habakkuk's 'woe to him who says to wood, Awake!'

Isaiah 46:6 Parallel

Isaiah 46:6 describes lavishing gold and silver to make a god and worshipping it—a direct parallel to the idol-making critique.

Daniel 5:23 Allusion

Daniel 5:23 condemns praising gods of silver, gold, wood, stone that cannot see or hear—identical critique to Habakkuk's 'no breath' idol.

Hosea 13:2 Parallel

Hosea 13:2 rebukes idols made from silver by craftsmen — mirroring Habakkuk's woe on gold and silver overlays.

Jeremiah 10:14 says idols have 'no breath' — a near-verbatim match to Habakkuk's 'no breath at all inside it'.

Daniel 5:4 Parallel

Daniel 5:4 shows Belshazzar praising gods of gold, silver, wood, stone — the same lifeless materials Habakkuk condemns.

Hosea 4:12 Parallel

Hosea 4:12 also condemns consulting a wooden idol — the same practice Habakkuk mocks as having no breath.

Jeremiah 10:5 notes idols 'cannot speak' — the very charge Habakkuk makes: 'there is no breath in it'.

1 Corinthians 8:4 declares idols are nothing in the world — echoing Habakkuk's point that they have no breath.

1 Corinthians 12:2 describes mute idols — directly parallel to Habakkuk's silent stone that cannot speak.

Revelation 13:15 gives breath and speech to an idol's image — the opposite of Habakkuk's lifeless idol with no breath.

Jeremiah 2:27 directly parallels addressing wood as 'father' and stone as 'birth-giver' — identical mockery of speaking to lifeless objects.

Isaiah 44:14 describes a man cutting a tree to make an idol—the same wooden idol satire as Habakkuk's 'says to wood'.

Psalm 135:15 states idols are silver/gold made by human hands—identical material critique to Habakkuk's overlaid statues.

Psalm 115:8 Parallel

Psalm 115:8 warns idol makers become like their lifeless idols—adding the consequence of spiritual deadness to Habakkuk's critique.

Psalm 3:7 Contrast

Psalm 3:7 calls on the Lord to 'arise'—a direct contrast to Habakkuk's woe against calling on dead idols to awake.

Jeremiah 51:18 calls idols 'worthless, a work of delusion' — reinforcing Habakkuk's critique of their lifelessness.

Daniel 3:1 Historical context

Daniel 3:1 records Nebuchadnezzar making a gold image—a concrete example of the very idolatry Habakkuk condemns as lifeless.

Daniel 3:29 Contrast

Daniel 3:29 shows Nebuchadnezzar acknowledging God's power over the golden idol, contrasting the lifeless idol here with the living God.

Jeremiah 10:3 describes wood idols shaped by craftsmen — the same material Habakkuk says people command to 'awake'.

Judges 17:3 Historical context

Judges 17:3 shows silver dedicated to God used for an idol—a concrete example of the gold/silver idolatry Habakkuk condemns.

Jeremiah 16:19 has nations confess that idols are 'worthless things, no profit' — echoing Habakkuk's woe on vain idols.

Jeremiah 50:38 declares judgment on a 'land of images' obsessed with idols — the same false gods Habakkuk derides.

Jeremiah 51:47 predicts punishment on Babylon's images, connecting to Habakkuk's woe as idols will be shamed.

Jeremiah 3:9 uses the same pair 'stone and tree' as objects of spiritual adultery, reinforcing the idolatry theme.

Judges 18:24 Historical context

Judges 18:24 shows Micah lamenting stolen idols—highlighting the futility of trusting man-made gods that can be taken.