7 Who is like me? Let him stand up and declare,make it evident, and confront me with it.Who of old announced future events?Let them foretell to us the things to come.
8 Do not fear or be troubled.Did I not announce it to you long ago?I declared it, and you are my witnesses.Is there any God but me?There is no other Rock, I know of none!
9 Those who fashion idols are all nothing;their precious works are of no avail.They are their witnesses:they see nothing, know nothing,and so they are put to shame.
10 Who would fashion a god or cast an idol,that is of no use?
11 Look, all its company will be shamed;they are artisans, mere human beings!They all assemble and stand there,only to cower in shame.
12 The ironsmith fashions a likeness,he works it over the coals,Shaping it with hammers,working it with his strong arm.With hunger his strength wanes,without water, he grows faint.
13 The woodworker stretches a line,and marks out a shape with a stylus.He shapes it with scraping tools,with a compass measures it off,Making it the copy of a man,human display, enthroned in a shrine.