4. Craftsmen decorate them with silver and goldand fasten them ⌊together⌋ with hammers and nailsso that they won’t fall over.
5. These trees are like scarecrows in cucumber gardens.They aren’t able to speak.They have to be carried, because they can’t walk.Don’t be afraid of them.They can’t harm you.They can’t do you any good either.
6. No one is like you, O Lord.You are great.Your name is powerful.
7. Everyone fears you, O King of the Nations.This is what you deserve.No one is like you among all the wise people in the nationsor in all their kingdoms.
8. They are complete idiots.They learn nonsense from wooden idols.
9. Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz.Craftsmen and goldsmiths shape these metals.The clothing for the idols is blue and purple,all made by skilled workers.
10. But the Lord is the only God.He is the living God and eternal king.The earth trembles when he is angry.The nations can’t endure his fury.
11. Tell them this: These gods will disappear from the earthand from under heaven because they didn’t make heaven and earth.
12. The Lord made the earth by his power.He set up the world by his skill.He stretched out the world by his understanding.
13. He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm.He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.He makes lightning flash with the rain.He brings wind out of his storehouses.
14. Everyone is stupid and ignorant.Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols.Their statues are false ⌊gods⌋.They can’t breathe.
15. They are worthless jokes.When they are punished, they disappear.
16. Jacob’s God isn’t like them.He made everything,and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him.His name is the Lord of Armies.
17. Pick up your bags. You are being blockaded.