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The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
    and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good,”
    and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.(A)

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They lift it to their shoulders; they carry it;
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    it cannot move from its place.
If one cries out to it, it does not answer
    or save anyone from trouble.(A)

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25 Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humans their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame(A)

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26 because, if any of these gods falls[a] to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself, and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Gk if they fall