18. “An idol does no good, because a human made it;it is only a statue that teaches lies.The one who made it expects his own work to help him,but he makes idols that can’t even speak!
19. How terrible it will be for the one who says to a wooden statue, ‘Come to life!’How terrible it will be for the one who says to a silent stone, ‘Get up!’It cannot tell you what to do.It is only a statue covered with gold and silver;there is no life in it.
20. The Lord is in his Holy Temple;all the earth should be silent in his presence.”