^3 (A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.^[a]
(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
    and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

^8 (A)They are both ^(B)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!

^9 (A)Beaten silver is brought from ^(B)Tarshish,
    and gold from ^(C)Uphaz.
^(D)They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
    their clothing is violet and purple;
    ^(E)they are all the work of skilled men.