^14 (A)Everyone is ^(B)dull-hearted, without knowledge;
^(C)Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image;
^(D)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.

⁸ “Remember this, and ^[a]show yourselves men;
^(C)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.

¹⁸ “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
¹⁹ Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.

^18 (A)They do not know nor understand;
For ^(B)He has ^[a]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot ^(C)understand.
¹⁹ And no one ^(D)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
²⁰ He feeds on ashes;
^(E)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a ^(F)lie in my right hand?”

^17 (A)Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
^(B)For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
¹⁸ They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.