# General Information:

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]])

# What does the carved figure profit you?

This rhetorical question emphasizes the negative answer that it anticipates. The question can be translated as a statement. AT: "The carved figure profits you nothing!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# you

The word "you" refers to the Chaldeans.

# molten metal

This describes metal when it is in its liquid form.

# a teacher of lies

This phrase refers to the one who carved or cast the figure. By making a false god, he is teaching a lie.