Isaiah 46:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ “To whom will you compare me?” says the Lord.
    “Is there anyone else like me?
⁶ People open their purses and pour out gold;
    they weigh out silver on the scales.
They hire a goldsmith to make a god;
    then they bow down and worship it.
⁷ They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;
    they put it in place, and there it stands,
    unable to move from where it is.
If any pray to it, it cannot answer
    or save them from disaster.