⁸ The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
    ^(A)Those who handle the law did not know me;
^(B)the shepherds^[a] transgressed against me;
    ^(C)the prophets prophesied by Baal
    and went after ^(D)things that do not profit.

^18 (A)“What profit is an idol
    when its maker has shaped it,
    a metal image, ^(B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
    when he makes ^(C)speechless idols!