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Commentary for Habakkuk 2:18

מָֽה־הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלוֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ (ס)

What profiteth the graven image, That the maker thereof hath graven it, Even the molten image, and the teacher of lies; That the maker of his work trusteth therein, To make dumb idols?

Rashi on Habakkuk

What did a graven image avail Babylon?
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Rashi on Habakkuk

that the maker of his work trusted The man who formed it, who is the maker of this god of his.
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Rashi on Habakkuk

in it He trusts in this creation of his, that it assists him, so he comes to make dumb idols.
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