^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.

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.

²⁰ “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
^(A)They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.

⁵ “To^(A) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
^6 (B)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a ^(C)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
^7 (D)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though ^(E)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.