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# General Information:
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Yahweh continues to answer Habakkuk and to speak of the Chaldeans as if they were one man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# What does the carved figure profit you?
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This rhetorical question emphasizes the negative answer that it anticipates. The question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "The carved figure profits you nothing!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# you
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The word "you" refers to the Chaldeans.
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# molten metal
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This describes metal when it is in its liquid form.
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# a teacher of lies
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This phrase refers to the one who carved or cast the figure. By making a false god, he is teaching a lie.
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# useless things
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of "idols who cannot speak" |