15. As useless as a broken pot
16. are their gods, set up in their temples, their eyes full of dust from the feet of those who enter.
17. Their courtyards are walled in like those of someone brought to execution for a crime against the king; the priests reinforce their temples with gates and bars and bolts, so they will not be carried off by robbers.
18. They light more lamps for them than for themselves, yet not one of these can they see.
19. They are like any timber in the temple; their hearts, it is said, are eaten away. Though crawling creatures from the ground consume them and their garments, they do not feel it.