⁹ All who make idols^(J) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.^(K)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;^(L)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.^(M)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,^(N)
    which can profit nothing?^(O)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;^(P)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.^(Q)

¹² The blacksmith^(R) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.^(S)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.^(T)
13 The carpenter^(U) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,^(V)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.^(W)
14 He cut down cedars,
    or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
    or planted a pine,^(X) and the rain made it grow.
¹⁵ It is used as fuel^(Y) for burning;
    some of it he takes and warms himself,
    he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships^(Z) it;
    he makes an idol and bows^(AA) down to it.
¹⁶ Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
    over it he prepares his meal,
    he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
    “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.^(AB)”
¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(AC)
He prays^(AD) to it and says,
    “Save^(AE) me! You are my god!”
¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(AF) nothing;
    their eyes^(AG) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
¹⁹ No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding^(AH) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(AI)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(AJ) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(AK)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(AL) a deluded^(AM) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(AN)”

²¹ “Remember^(AO) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.^(AP)
I have made you, you are my servant;^(AQ)
    Israel, I will not forget you.^(AR)
22 I have swept away^(AS) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return^(AT) to me,
    for I have redeemed^(AU) you.”

²³ Sing for joy,^(AV) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth^(AW) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,^(AX)
    you forests and all your trees,^(AY)
for the Lord has redeemed^(AZ) Jacob,
    he displays his glory^(BA) in Israel.

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,^(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’^(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
⁶ Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.^(C)
The sun will set for the prophets,^(D)
    and the day will go dark for them.^(E)
7 The seers will be ashamed^(F)
    and the diviners disgraced.^(G)
They will all cover^(H) their faces^(I)
    because there is no answer from God.^(J)”
⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.^(K)

⁹ Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;^(L)
10 who build^(M) Zion with bloodshed,^(N)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.^(O)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(P)
    her priests teach for a price,^(Q)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(R)
Yet they look^(S) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(T)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(U)
    the temple^(V) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.^(W)