Habakkuk 2:18 “What’s the use of a carved god so skillfully carved by its sculptor? What good is a fancy cast god when all it tells is lies? What sense does it make to be ...

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The Message - “What’s the use of a carved god so skillfully carved by its sculptor? What good is a fancy cast god when all it tells is lies? What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker who makes gods that can’t even talk? Who do you think you are— saying to a stick of wood, ‘Wake up,’ Or to a dumb stone, ‘Get up’? Can they teach you anything about anything? There’s nothing to them but surface. There’s nothing on the inside.
新标点和合本 - 雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅。制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 偶像有什么益处呢？制造者雕刻它，铸成偶像，作虚假的教师；制造者倚靠的是自己所做的哑巴偶像。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 偶像有什么益处呢？制造者雕刻它，铸成偶像，作虚假的教师；制造者倚靠的是自己所做的哑巴偶像。
当代译本 - “雕刻的偶像有什么益处？骗人的铸像有什么用处？制造者竟信靠自己造的哑巴偶像！
圣经新译本 - 雕刻的像有什么用处呢？不过是匠人雕刻出来的；铸造的像、虚假的教师，有什么用处呢？匠人竟倚靠自己所做，那不能说话的假神。
中文标准译本 - 偶像有什么益处呢？不过是匠人刻凿的，是一个铸像，是虚假的师傅。匠人竟然信赖自己的作品，制造出无用的哑巴偶像。
现代标点和合本 - “雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅，制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像，就是虚谎的师傅。制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
New International Version - “Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
New International Reader's Version - “If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.
English Standard Version - “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
New Living Translation - “What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!
Christian Standard Bible - What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
New American Standard Bible - “What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it, Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.
New King James Version - “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
Amplified Bible - “What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it? It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies. For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god] When he makes speechless idols.
American Standard Version - What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
King James Version - What 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?
New English Translation - What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
World English Bible - “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?
新標點和合本 - 雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來，有甚麼益處呢？鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅。製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有甚麼益處呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 偶像有甚麼益處呢？製造者雕刻它，鑄成偶像，作虛假的教師；製造者倚靠的是自己所做的啞巴偶像。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 偶像有甚麼益處呢？製造者雕刻它，鑄成偶像，作虛假的教師；製造者倚靠的是自己所做的啞巴偶像。
當代譯本 - 「雕刻的偶像有什麼益處？騙人的鑄像有什麼用處？製造者竟信靠自己造的啞巴偶像！
聖經新譯本 - 雕刻的像有甚麼用處呢？不過是匠人雕刻出來的；鑄造的像、虛假的教師，有甚麼用處呢？匠人竟倚靠自己所做，那不能說話的假神。
呂振中譯本 - 雕刻的偶像、塑造它的將它刻成、有甚麼益處？鑄造的偶像、虛假的導師、塑造它的將它塑成、造座啞巴神像去倚靠它、有甚麼益處？
中文標準譯本 - 偶像有什麼益處呢？不過是匠人刻鑿的，是一個鑄像，是虛假的師傅。匠人竟然信賴自己的作品，製造出無用的啞巴偶像。
現代標點和合本 - 「雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來，有什麼益處呢？鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅，製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有什麼益處呢？
文理和合譯本 - 工師雕像、於製造者何益之有、鑄偶乃偽師、製造者恃此喑啞之像、何益之有、
文理委辦譯本 - 工人雕木偶、鑄金像、俱屬虛偽、口不能言、作之者亦賴之、何益之有、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 工人雕刻之偶像、何益之有、鑄像與偽師、偽師或作述虛誑之師何益之有、工人作不能言之偶像、賴己所作者、何益之有、或作工人所雕刻之偶像所鎔鑄之偶像虛偽不能應所作之偶像口不能言作之者賴之何益之有
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿De qué sirve una imagen, si quien la esculpe es un artesano? ¿De qué sirve un ídolo fundido, si tan solo enseña mentiras? El artesano que hace ídolos que no pueden hablar solo está confiando en su propio artificio.
현대인의 성경 - “우상은 사람이 새겨 만든 것인데 무슨 가치가 있겠느냐? 그것은 거짓 스승에 불과하다. 말 못하는 우상을 만든 자가 그것을 의지한들 무슨 유익이 있겠느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A quoi sert une idole sculptée par l’artisan ? Ou une statue de métal fondu, qui n’enseigne que le mensonge ? Car celui qui l’a faite ╵se confie en son œuvre pour fabriquer ╵une idole muette :
リビングバイブル - 人間が造った偶像を拝んで、何の得があったのか。そんな物が助けになるなど、全く愚かなうそだ。自分で造った物を信頼していたとは、なんと愚かな者か。
Nova Versão Internacional - “De que vale uma imagem feita por um escultor? Ou um ídolo de metal que ensina mentiras? Pois aquele que o faz confia em sua própria criação, fazendo ídolos incapazes de falar.
Hoffnung für alle - Kann eine Götterfigur, die ein Mensch geschnitzt oder gegossen hat, ihm etwa helfen? Sie ist ein glatter Betrug! Wie kann jemand einem stummen Götzen vertrauen, den er selbst gemacht hat?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thần tượng có ích gì đâu! Đó chỉ là sản phẩm của thợ chạm, thợ đúc. Đó chỉ là thuật dối gạt tinh vi. Sao người tạc tượng, người đúc thần lại tin vào các thần tượng câm điếc ấy!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “รูปเคารพมีคุณค่าอะไรในเมื่อมนุษย์เป็นผู้แกะสลักมันขึ้น? หรือรูปที่สอนความเท็จนั้นมีคุณค่าอะไร? เพราะผู้ที่สร้างรูปนั้นขึ้นก็วางใจในสิ่งที่ตนสร้าง เขาสร้างรูปเคารพที่พูดไม่ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - รูปเคารพมีค่าอะไรในเมื่อมีคนแกะสลักมันขึ้นมา หรือรูปบูชาที่สอนความเท็จ เพราะคนที่ทำมันขึ้นมาวางใจในสิ่งที่ตนสร้างขึ้น เขาทำรูปเคารพซึ่งไม่สามารถพูดได้

交叉引用

Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Romans 1:24 - So God said, in effect, “If that’s what you want, that’s what you get.” It wasn’t long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out. And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them—the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!
Revelation 13:11 - I saw another Beast rising out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb but sounded like a dragon when it spoke. It was a puppet of the first Beast, made earth and everyone in it worship the first Beast, which had been healed of its deathblow.
Revelation 13:13 - This second Beast worked magical signs, dazzling people by making fire come down from Heaven. It used the magic it got from the Beast to dupe earth dwellers, getting them to make an image of the Beast that received the deathblow and lived. It was able to animate the image of the Beast so that it talked, and then arrange that anyone not worshiping the Beast would be killed. It forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark on the right hand or forehead. Without the mark of the name of the Beast or the number of its name, it was impossible to buy or sell anything.
Isaiah 46:8 - “Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,’ Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I’ve said it, and I’ll most certainly do it. I’ve planned it, so it’s as good as done.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
Isaiah 46:1 - The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are loaded on mules And have to be hauled off, wearing out the poor mules— Dead weight, burdens who can’t bear burdens, hauled off to captivity.
1 Timothy 4:1 - The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
Zechariah 10:2 - “Store-bought gods babble gibberish. Religious experts spout rubbish. They pontificate hot air. Their prescriptions are nothing but smoke. And so the people wander like lost sheep, poor lost sheep without a shepherd. I’m furious with the so-called shepherds. They’re worse than billy goats, and I’ll treat them like goats.” * * *
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 42:17 - But those who invested in the no-gods are bankrupt—dead broke.

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交叉引用

The Message - “What’s the use of a carved god so skillfully carved by its sculptor? What good is a fancy cast god when all it tells is lies? What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker who makes gods that can’t even talk? Who do you think you are— saying to a stick of wood, ‘Wake up,’ Or to a dumb stone, ‘Get up’? Can they teach you anything about anything? There’s nothing to them but surface. There’s nothing on the inside.
新标点和合本 - 雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅。制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 偶像有什么益处呢？制造者雕刻它，铸成偶像，作虚假的教师；制造者倚靠的是自己所做的哑巴偶像。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 偶像有什么益处呢？制造者雕刻它，铸成偶像，作虚假的教师；制造者倚靠的是自己所做的哑巴偶像。
当代译本 - “雕刻的偶像有什么益处？骗人的铸像有什么用处？制造者竟信靠自己造的哑巴偶像！
圣经新译本 - 雕刻的像有什么用处呢？不过是匠人雕刻出来的；铸造的像、虚假的教师，有什么用处呢？匠人竟倚靠自己所做，那不能说话的假神。
中文标准译本 - 偶像有什么益处呢？不过是匠人刻凿的，是一个铸像，是虚假的师傅。匠人竟然信赖自己的作品，制造出无用的哑巴偶像。
现代标点和合本 - “雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅，制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
和合本（拼音版） - 雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来，有什么益处呢？铸造的偶像，就是虚谎的师傅。制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？
New International Version - “Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
New International Reader's Version - “If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.
English Standard Version - “What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
New Living Translation - “What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!
Christian Standard Bible - What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
New American Standard Bible - “What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it, Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.
New King James Version - “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
Amplified Bible - “What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it? It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies. For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god] When he makes speechless idols.
American Standard Version - What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
King James Version - What 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?
New English Translation - What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
World English Bible - “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?
新標點和合本 - 雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來，有甚麼益處呢？鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅。製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有甚麼益處呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 偶像有甚麼益處呢？製造者雕刻它，鑄成偶像，作虛假的教師；製造者倚靠的是自己所做的啞巴偶像。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 偶像有甚麼益處呢？製造者雕刻它，鑄成偶像，作虛假的教師；製造者倚靠的是自己所做的啞巴偶像。
當代譯本 - 「雕刻的偶像有什麼益處？騙人的鑄像有什麼用處？製造者竟信靠自己造的啞巴偶像！
聖經新譯本 - 雕刻的像有甚麼用處呢？不過是匠人雕刻出來的；鑄造的像、虛假的教師，有甚麼用處呢？匠人竟倚靠自己所做，那不能說話的假神。
呂振中譯本 - 雕刻的偶像、塑造它的將它刻成、有甚麼益處？鑄造的偶像、虛假的導師、塑造它的將它塑成、造座啞巴神像去倚靠它、有甚麼益處？
中文標準譯本 - 偶像有什麼益處呢？不過是匠人刻鑿的，是一個鑄像，是虛假的師傅。匠人竟然信賴自己的作品，製造出無用的啞巴偶像。
現代標點和合本 - 「雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來，有什麼益處呢？鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅，製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有什麼益處呢？
文理和合譯本 - 工師雕像、於製造者何益之有、鑄偶乃偽師、製造者恃此喑啞之像、何益之有、
文理委辦譯本 - 工人雕木偶、鑄金像、俱屬虛偽、口不能言、作之者亦賴之、何益之有、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 工人雕刻之偶像、何益之有、鑄像與偽師、偽師或作述虛誑之師何益之有、工人作不能言之偶像、賴己所作者、何益之有、或作工人所雕刻之偶像所鎔鑄之偶像虛偽不能應所作之偶像口不能言作之者賴之何益之有
Nueva Versión Internacional - »¿De qué sirve una imagen, si quien la esculpe es un artesano? ¿De qué sirve un ídolo fundido, si tan solo enseña mentiras? El artesano que hace ídolos que no pueden hablar solo está confiando en su propio artificio.
현대인의 성경 - “우상은 사람이 새겨 만든 것인데 무슨 가치가 있겠느냐? 그것은 거짓 스승에 불과하다. 말 못하는 우상을 만든 자가 그것을 의지한들 무슨 유익이 있겠느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Что за польза от идола, которого сделал ремесленник, от литой статуи, что учит только лжи? Верит мастер изделию своему, а оно – лишь немой идол.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A quoi sert une idole sculptée par l’artisan ? Ou une statue de métal fondu, qui n’enseigne que le mensonge ? Car celui qui l’a faite ╵se confie en son œuvre pour fabriquer ╵une idole muette :
リビングバイブル - 人間が造った偶像を拝んで、何の得があったのか。そんな物が助けになるなど、全く愚かなうそだ。自分で造った物を信頼していたとは、なんと愚かな者か。
Nova Versão Internacional - “De que vale uma imagem feita por um escultor? Ou um ídolo de metal que ensina mentiras? Pois aquele que o faz confia em sua própria criação, fazendo ídolos incapazes de falar.
Hoffnung für alle - Kann eine Götterfigur, die ein Mensch geschnitzt oder gegossen hat, ihm etwa helfen? Sie ist ein glatter Betrug! Wie kann jemand einem stummen Götzen vertrauen, den er selbst gemacht hat?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thần tượng có ích gì đâu! Đó chỉ là sản phẩm của thợ chạm, thợ đúc. Đó chỉ là thuật dối gạt tinh vi. Sao người tạc tượng, người đúc thần lại tin vào các thần tượng câm điếc ấy!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “รูปเคารพมีคุณค่าอะไรในเมื่อมนุษย์เป็นผู้แกะสลักมันขึ้น? หรือรูปที่สอนความเท็จนั้นมีคุณค่าอะไร? เพราะผู้ที่สร้างรูปนั้นขึ้นก็วางใจในสิ่งที่ตนสร้าง เขาสร้างรูปเคารพที่พูดไม่ได้
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - รูปเคารพมีค่าอะไรในเมื่อมีคนแกะสลักมันขึ้นมา หรือรูปบูชาที่สอนความเท็จ เพราะคนที่ทำมันขึ้นมาวางใจในสิ่งที่ตนสร้างขึ้น เขาทำรูปเคารพซึ่งไม่สามารถพูดได้

Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Romans 1:24 - So God said, in effect, “If that’s what you want, that’s what you get.” It wasn’t long before they were living in a pigpen, smeared with filth, filthy inside and out. And all this because they traded the true God for a fake god, and worshiped the god they made instead of the God who made them—the God we bless, the God who blesses us. Oh, yes!
Revelation 13:11 - I saw another Beast rising out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb but sounded like a dragon when it spoke. It was a puppet of the first Beast, made earth and everyone in it worship the first Beast, which had been healed of its deathblow.
Revelation 13:13 - This second Beast worked magical signs, dazzling people by making fire come down from Heaven. It used the magic it got from the Beast to dupe earth dwellers, getting them to make an image of the Beast that received the deathblow and lived. It was able to animate the image of the Beast so that it talked, and then arrange that anyone not worshiping the Beast would be killed. It forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark on the right hand or forehead. Without the mark of the name of the Beast or the number of its name, it was impossible to buy or sell anything.
Isaiah 46:8 - “Think about this. Wrap your minds around it. This is serious business, rebels. Take it to heart. Remember your history, your long and rich history. I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have— incomparable, irreplaceable— From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,’ Calling that eagle, Cyrus, out of the east, from a far country the man I chose to help me. I’ve said it, and I’ll most certainly do it. I’ve planned it, so it’s as good as done.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
Isaiah 46:1 - The god Bel falls down, god Nebo slumps. The no-god hunks of wood are loaded on mules And have to be hauled off, wearing out the poor mules— Dead weight, burdens who can’t bear burdens, hauled off to captivity.
1 Timothy 4:1 - The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they’ve lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
Zechariah 10:2 - “Store-bought gods babble gibberish. Religious experts spout rubbish. They pontificate hot air. Their prescriptions are nothing but smoke. And so the people wander like lost sheep, poor lost sheep without a shepherd. I’m furious with the so-called shepherds. They’re worse than billy goats, and I’ll treat them like goats.” * * *
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 42:17 - But those who invested in the no-gods are bankrupt—dead broke.