9 Equally odious to God are the evildoer and the evil deed;
10 and the thing made will be punished with its maker.
11 Therefore upon even the idols of the nations shall a judgment come,since they became abominable among God’s works,Snares for human soulsand a trap for the feet of the senseless.
12 For the source of wantonness is the devising of idols;and their invention, a corruption of life.
13 For in the beginning they were not,nor can they ever continue;
14 for from human emptiness they came into the world,and therefore a sudden end is devised for them.
15 For a father, afflicted with untimely mourning,made an image of the child so quickly taken from him,And now honored as a god what once was deadand handed down to his household mysteries and sacrifices.