⁷ They ^(A)lift it on the shoulder, carry it,
And set it in its place, and it stands there.
^(B)It does not move from its place.
Though one may shout to it, it ^(C)cannot answer;
It ^(D)cannot save him from his distress.

¹⁸ “What ^(A)benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,
Or a cast metal image, a ^(B)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^(C)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
¹⁹ Woe to him who ^(D)says to a piece of wood, ‘^(E)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
That is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with ^(F)gold and silver,
Yet there is ^(G)no breath at all inside it.
²⁰ But the ^(H)Lord is in His holy temple.
^[a]Let all the earth ^(I)be silent before Him.”