³ Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold and wood that people carry on their shoulders and that cause the nations to fear.^(A)

²⁶ because, if any of these gods falls^[a] to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself, and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.^(A)

³⁰ and in their temples the priests sit with their clothes torn, their heads and beards shaved, and their heads uncovered.

⁵ They shall not make bald spots upon their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or make any gashes in their flesh.^(A)

¹⁰ “The priest who is exalted above his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the vestments, shall not dishevel his hair nor tear his vestments.^(A)

The Foolishness of Idolatry