¹⁷ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath^(A) in their mouths.

²⁷ They say to wood,^(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,^(B) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs^(C) to me
    and not their faces;^(D)
yet when they are in trouble,^(E) they say,
    ‘Come and save^(F) us!’

²⁸ Where then are the gods^(A) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!^(B)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.^(C)

⁹ Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish^(A)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made^(B)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(A) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(B)
    they have no breath in them.