8 Do not be startled or afraid.Have I not told you and declared it long ago?You are my witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I do not know any.
9 All who make idols are nothing,and what they treasure does not profit.Their witnesses do not see or know anything,so they will be put to shame.
10 Who makes a god or casts a metal imagefor no profit?
11 Look, all its worshipers will be put to shame,and the craftsmen are humans.They all will assemble and stand;they all will be startled and put to shame.
12 The ironworker labors over the coals,shapes the idol with hammers,and works it with his strong arm.Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
13 The woodworker stretches out a measuring line,he outlines it with a stylus;he shapes it with chiselsand outlines it with a compass.He makes it according to a human likeness, like a beautiful person,to dwell in a temple.
14 He cuts down cedars for his use,or he takes a cypress or an oak.He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.