10. Who made these false gods?Who made these useless idols?
11. The workmen who made those gods will be ashamed!Those workmen are only human.If they all would come together,they would all be ashamed and afraid.
12. One workman uses tools to heat iron.He works over hot coals.He uses his hammer to beat the metal and make a statue.He uses his powerful arms.But when he becomes hungry, he loses his power.If he does not drink water, he becomes tired.
13. Another workman uses a line and a compassto draw lines on the wood.Then he uses his chisels to cut a statue from wood.He uses his calipers to measure the statue.This way, the workman makes the wood look exactly like a man.And this statue of a man sits in the house.
14. A man cuts down cedaror gets cypress or oak trees.Those trees grew by their own power in the forest.Or he plants a pine tree, and the rain makes it grow.
15. Then he burns the tree.He uses some of the wood for a fire to keep himself warm.He also starts a fire to bake his bread.But he uses part of the wood to make a god. Then he worships it!He makes the idol and bows down to it!
16. The man burns half of the wood in the fire.He uses the fire to cook his meat.And he eats the meat until he is full.He burns the wood to keep himself warm. He says,“Good! Now I am warm. I can see because of the fire’s light.”