6. This is what happened in ancient times, when a proud race of giants was dying away. The hope of the world escaped on such a boat under your guidance and left the world a new generation to carry on the human race.
7. A blessing was on Noah's wooden boat that allowed righteousness to survive,
8. but a curse is on an idol made by human hands. A curse is also on the one who makes it, because he works on this perishable thing and then calls it a god.
9. Ungodly people and these ungodly things they make are equally hated by God,