⁹ All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.^(A)

¹⁴ Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,^(A)
for his cast images are a lie;^(B)
there is no breath in them.^(C)

² Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;^(A)
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel^(B) is put to shame;
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.