Isaiah 46:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ To whom will you liken me and count me equal
    and compare me so that we are alike?
⁶ Those who pour out gold from a bag
    and weigh silver with a balance
    hire a metalworker; then he makes a god.
They bow down; they worship;
⁷     they carry the idol^[a] on their shoulders and support it;
    they set it down, and it stands still,
    unable to move from its place.
If one cries out to it, it doesn’t answer.
    It can’t save people from their distress.