⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
⁶ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
⁷ They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations^(A) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.^(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath^(D) in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

¹² The blacksmith^(A) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.^(B)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.^(C)
13 The carpenter^(D) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,^(E)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.^(F)
14 He cut down cedars,
    or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
    or planted a pine,^(G) and the rain made it grow.
¹⁵ It is used as fuel^(H) for burning;
    some of it he takes and warms himself,
    he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships^(I) it;
    he makes an idol and bows^(J) down to it.
¹⁶ Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
    over it he prepares his meal,
    he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
    “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.^(K)”
¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(L)
He prays^(M) to it and says,
    “Save^(N) me! You are my god!”
¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(O) nothing;
    their eyes^(P) 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^(Q) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(R)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(S) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(T)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(U) a deluded^(V) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(W)”