11 All its worshippers will be ashamed,and its artisans, who are only human.They will all gather and stand,tremble and be ashamed together.
12 A blacksmith with his toolsworks it over coals,and shapes it with hammers,and works it with his strong arm.He even becomes hungry and weak.If he didn’t drink water, he’d pass out.
13 A carpenter stretches out a string,marks it out with a stylus,fashions it with carving tools,and marks it with a compass.He makes it into a human form,like a splendid human,to live in a temple.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself,or chooses a cypress or oak,selecting from all the trees of the forest.He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.
15 It becomes suitable to burn for humans,so he takes some of the wood and warms himself.He kindles fire and bakes bread.He fashions a god and worships it;he makes an idol and bows down to it.
16 Half of it he burns in the fire;on that half he roasts and eats meat, and he is satisfied.He warms himself and says,"Ah, I’m warm, watching the fire!"
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,into his idol,and he bows down, worships, and prays to it, saying, "Save me, for you are my god!"