35 They cannot free a man from death, nor rescue the weak from the strong.
36 They cannot restore sight to the blind, nor free a man from need.
37 They will not have mercy on the widow, nor do good to orphans.
38 Their gods of wood, and of stone, and of gold, and of silver, are like stones from the mountain; and those who worship them will be confounded.
39 In what way, then, is it to be supposed or said that they are gods?
40 For even the Chaldeans themselves do not honor these, who, when they hear about a mute, unable to speak, they offer him to Bel, asking from him that he may speak,
41 as if these, who are unable to move, would be able to perceive. And even they themselves, when they shall understand this, will abandon them, for, having come to their senses, they do not consider them to be gods.