21. Idols are only statues—they can’t help you. So don’t worship them. Idols can’t help you or save you. They are nothing!
22. “But the Lord won’t leave his people. No, the Lord was pleased to make you his own people. So for his own good name, he won’t leave you.
23. And as for me, I would never stop praying for you. If I stopped praying for you, I would be sinning against the Lord. I will continue to teach you the right way to live a good life.