en_tn/hab/02/18.md

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# 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. Alternate translation: "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.