5. “With whom will you compare me?” says the Lord.“Is there anyone else like me?
6. People open their purses and pour out gold;they weigh out silver on the scales.They hire a goldsmith to make a god;then they bow down and worship it!
7. They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;they put it in place, and there it stands,unable to move from where it is.If anyone prays to it, it cannot answeror save him from disaster.
8. “Remember this, you sinners;consider what I have done.
9. Remember what happened long ago;acknowledge that I alone am Godand that there is no one else like me.