¹² The ^(A)craftsman of iron shapes a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, ^[a]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and ^[b]his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary. ^13 (B)The craftsman of wood extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a marker. He works it with carving knives and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of ^(C)mankind, so that it may sit in a ^(D)house. ¹⁴ He will cut cedars for himself, and he takes a holm-oak or another oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel tree, and the rain makes it grow. ¹⁵ Then it becomes something for a person to burn, so he takes one of them and gets warm; he also makes a fire and bakes bread. He also ^(E)makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image and ^(F)bows down before it. ¹⁶ Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat, he roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.” ¹⁷ Yet the rest of it he ^(G)makes into a god, his carved image. He bows down before it and worships; he also ^(H)prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

¹⁸ They do not ^(I)know, nor do they understand, for He has ^(J)smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend. ¹⁹ No one ^[c]remembers, nor is there ^(K)knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then ^[d]I make the rest of it into an ^(L)abomination, ^[e]I bow down before a block of wood!” ²⁰ He ^[f](M)feeds on ashes; a ^(N)deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save ^[g]himself, nor say, “^(O)Is there not a lie in my right hand?”