¹⁵ They are worthless,^(A) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

²² Do any of the worthless idols^(A) of the nations bring rain?^(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.^(C)

²⁴ But you are less than nothing^(A)
    and your works are utterly worthless;^(B)
    whoever chooses you is detestable.^(C)

¹⁸ They are worthless,^(A) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.

⁸ “Those who cling to worthless idols^(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

¹⁹ Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:^(A)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King^(B) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused^(C) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless^(D) foreign idols?”^(E)

¹² Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame^(A) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,^(B)
says the Lord.^(C)

¹⁸     and the idols^(A) will totally disappear.^(B)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(C) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(D)
from the fearful presence^(E) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(F)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(G)
20 In that day^(H) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(I)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(J)
    which they made to worship.^(K)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(L)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(M)
    when he rises^(N) to shake the earth.^(O)