Habakkuk 2:18-20

Woe to those that worship idols -- Habakkuk 2:18-20: The Chaldeans were a pagan nation. They were deeply involved in idol worship. God again warned about the foolishness of idolatry. He said an idol is merely a false god. He asked the people why they would trust in speechless image that had been made from wood or metal by human hands. What could they learn from such idols? The idols were covered with silver or gold but they can not even breathe. God said, "Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!" Pity anyone that says to an idol "Get up and do something!" There is but one true and living God. Idols are dead thing but Jehovah is the one true and living God. Jeremiah pictured the folly of idolatry by describing the actions of the people. First, they cut the tree out of the forest. They hew the idol with their hands. They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with a nail so that it will not fall over. Their god can not speak. If it needs to be moved someone has to move it. Jeremiah's conclusion was, "Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good." (Jeremiah 10:1-5)

The reality that all must grasp is, "The LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him." (Habakkuk 2:20) God's message to Habakkuk and to us is basically, "Hush, and listen to God." "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth." (Psalms 96:11-13) God will exonerate Himself someday and people will know that He is God!