³³ Has any nation ever heard the voice of God^[a] speaking from fire—as you did—and survived?

A Warning against Idolatry

¹⁵ “But be very careful! You did not see the Lord’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai. ¹⁶ So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman, ¹⁷ an animal on the ground, a bird in the sky, ¹⁸ a small animal that scurries along the ground, or a fish in the deepest sea.

⁸ “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.