¹⁸ “Of what value^(A) is an idol^(B) carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image^(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.^(D)

²⁵ This is your lot,
    the portion^(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten^(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.^(C)

²⁰ Such a person feeds on ashes;^(A) a deluded^(B) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(C)”

“For three sins of Judah,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law^(B) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,^(C)
because they have been led astray^(D) by false gods,^[a](E)
    the gods^[b] their ancestors followed,^(F)

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(B)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁵ They are worthless,^(C) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.