⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)

¹⁰ Who shapes a god and casts an idol,^(A)
    which can profit nothing?^(B)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;^(C)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.^(D)

¹² The blacksmith^(E) 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.^(F)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.^(G)
13 The carpenter^(H) 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,^(I)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.^(J)
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,^(K) and the rain made it grow.
¹⁵ It is used as fuel^(L) 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^(M) it;
    he makes an idol and bows^(N) 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.^(O)”
¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(P)
He prays^(Q) to it and says,
    “Save^(R) me! You are my god!”
¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(S) nothing;
    their eyes^(T) 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^(U) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;^(V)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable^(W) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”^(X)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;^(Y) a deluded^(Z) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?^(AA)”

³ For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
    they cut a tree out of the forest,
    and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)
4 They adorn it with silver^(C) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.^(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(E)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(F)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(G)
    nor can they do any good.”^(H)

⁶ No one is like you,^(I) Lord;
    you are great,^(J)
    and your name is mighty in power.
⁷ Who should not fear^(K) you,
    King of the nations?^(L)
    This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms,
    there is no one like you.

⁸ They are all senseless^(M) and foolish;^(N)
    they are taught by worthless wooden idols.^(O)
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(P)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(Q)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.
¹⁰ But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,^(R) the eternal King.^(S)
When he is angry,^(T) the earth trembles;^(U)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.^(V)

¹² But God made^(X) the earth^(Y) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(Z)
    and stretched out the heavens^(AA) by his understanding.
¹³ When he thunders,^(AB) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning^(AC) with the rain^(AD)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.^(AE)

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(AF) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(AG)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁵ They are worthless,^(AH) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.
¹⁶ He who is the Portion^(AI) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,^(AJ)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance^(AK)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.^(AL)

¹⁹ Woe to me because of my injury!
    My wound^(AP) is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
    “This is my sickness, and I must endure^(AQ) it.”
²⁰ My tent^(AR) is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;^(AS)
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.
²¹ The shepherds^(AT) are senseless^(AU)
    and do not inquire of the Lord;^(AV)
so they do not prosper^(AW)
    and all their flock is scattered.^(AX)
22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!^(AY)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,^(AZ)
    a haunt of jackals.^(BA)