¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(A) nothing;
    their eyes^(B) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
¹⁹ No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding^(C) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(D)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(E) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(F)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(G) a deluded^(H) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(I)”

⁷ All who worship images^(A) are put to shame,^(B)
    those who boast in idols^(C)—
    worship him,^(D) all you gods!^(E)

⁸ They are all senseless^(A) and foolish;^(B)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.^(C)

⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.