¹⁹ Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(A)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(B)
    there is no breath in it.”^(C)

¹⁹ As for an idol,^(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith^(B) overlays it with gold^(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.
²⁰ A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood^(D) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol^(E) that will not topple.^(F)

¹⁵ The idols of the nations^(A) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.^(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath^(D) in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

⁴ They adorn it with silver^(A) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.^(B)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(C)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(D)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(E)
    nor can they do any good.”^(F)

⁶ No one is like you,^(G) Lord;
    you are great,^(H)
    and your name is mighty in power.
⁷ Who should not fear^(I) you,
    King of the nations?^(J)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

⁸ They are all senseless^(K) and foolish;^(L)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.^(M)
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(N)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(O)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

⁶ Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith^(A) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.^(B)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry^(C) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.^(D)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;^(E)
    it cannot save^(F) them from their troubles.