Habakkuk 2:19

Arise, it shall teach!] RV 'Arise! Shall this teach? 'The parallelism shows that Arise corresponds to Awake, and that, therefore, with the next words a new sentence begins. It is best to read this sentence interrogatively as RV, 'Shall this teach?'. 'This'—pointing with scorn to the motionless image—'what power has this to give the needed instruction or help?'

20. What a Contrast to these idols is the majestic God of Israel, the God of all the earth, whose Temple is in the heavens 1 He is about to appear (Habakkuk 3); hush! before Him, all the earth.