^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.
^4 (C)They decorate it with silver and gold;
    ^(D)they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so that it cannot move.
⁵ Their idols^[b] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
    and ^(E)they cannot speak;
^(F)they have to be carried,
    for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    ^(G)for they cannot do evil,
    neither is it in them to do good.”

^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.
^10 (F)But the Lord is the true God;
    ^(G)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.