15 Therefore, do not fear them. For just as the vessel a man uses becomes useless when broken, so also are their gods.
16 When they are set up in a house, their eyes are full of dust from the feet of those who enter.
17 And like one who has offended the king and is surrounded at every door, or like a corpse about to be carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be plundered by robbers.
18 They light candles to them, and in great number, and still they are unable to see, for they are like logs in the house.
19 It is truly said that the creeping things, which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, and yet when these devour them and their garments, they do not feel it.
20 Their faces are made black by the smoke that is made in the house.
21 Over their bodies and over their heads fly owls and swallows and birds, and similarly, even cats.