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.
14 He goes out to cut down cedars,takes a holm tree or an oak.He picks out for himself trees of the forest,plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow.