⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)

¹⁰ Who shapes a god and casts an idol,^(A)
    which can profit nothing?^(B)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;^(C)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.^(D)

¹² The blacksmith^(E) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.^(F)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.^(G)
13 The carpenter^(H) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,^(I)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.^(J)
14 He cut down cedars,
    or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
    or planted a pine,^(K) and the rain made it grow.
¹⁵ It is used as fuel^(L) for burning;
    some of it he takes and warms himself,
    he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships^(M) it;
    he makes an idol and bows^(N) down to it.
¹⁶ Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
    over it he prepares his meal,
    he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
    “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.^(O)”
¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(P)
He prays^(Q) to it and says,
    “Save^(R) me! You are my god!”
¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(S) nothing;
    their eyes^(T) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
¹⁹ No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding^(U) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(V)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(W) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(X)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(Y) a deluded^(Z) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(AA)”

³ For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)