8. Don’t be afraid! Don’t worry!I have always told you what will happen.You are my witnesses.There is no other God but me.I know of no other Rock; I am the only One.”
9. Some people make idols, but they are worth nothing.People treasure them, but they are useless.Those people are witnesses for the statues, but those people cannot see.They know nothing, so they will be ashamed.
10. Who made these gods?Who made these useless idols?
11. The workmen who made them will be ashamed,because they are only human.If they all would come together,they would all be ashamed and afraid.
12. One workman uses tools to heat iron,and he works over hot coals.With his hammer he beats the metal and makes a statue,using his powerful arms.But when he becomes hungry, he loses his power.If he does not drink water, he becomes tired.
13. Another workman uses a line and a compassto draw on the wood.Then he uses his chisels to cut a statueand his calipers to measure the statue.In this way, the workman makes the wood look exactly like a person,and this statue of a person sits in the house.
14. He cuts down cedarsor cypress or oak trees.Those trees grew by their own power in the forest.Or he plants a pine tree, and the rain makes it grow.