⁹ All who make idols^(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.^(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;^(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.^(D)

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(B)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁵ They are worthless,^(C) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

²⁴ But you are less than nothing^(A)
    and your works are utterly worthless;^(B)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.^(C)

¹⁸ “Of what value^(A) is an idol^(B) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(D)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’^(E)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;^(F)
    there is no breath in it.”^(G)

²⁰ The Lord is in his holy temple;^(H)
    let all the earth be silent^(I) before him.

²⁹ See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;^(A)
    their images^(B) are but wind^(C) and confusion.