^19 (A)The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.

⁹ Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And ^(A)gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all ^(B)the work of skillful men.

^4 (A)Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
⁶ They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
⁷ They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
^8 (B)Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

⁶ For from Israel is even this:
A ^(A)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.

³ For the customs of the peoples are ^[a]futile;
For ^(A)one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
⁴ They decorate it with silver and gold;
They ^(B)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
⁵ They are upright, like a palm tree,
And ^(C)they cannot speak;
They must be ^(D)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For ^(E)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”

^6 (A)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(B)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
^7 (C)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(D)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.

¹⁰ Who would form a god or mold an image
^(A)That profits him nothing?
¹¹ Surely all his companions would be ^(B)ashamed;
And the workmen, they are mere men.
Let them all be gathered together,
Let them stand up;
Yet they shall fear,
They shall be ashamed together.