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.

⁹ Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(A)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(B)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

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)

⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
⁶ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
⁷ They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

³ For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)
4 They adorn it with silver^(C) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.^(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(E)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(F)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(G)
    nor can they do any good.”^(H)

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.