14. or makes it resemble some worthless beast.When he has daubed it with red and crimsoned its surface with red stain,and daubed over every blemish in it,
15. He makes a fitting shrine for itand puts it on the wall, fastening it with a nail.
16. Thus he provides for it lest it fall down,knowing that it cannot help itself;for, truly, it is an image and needs help.
17. But when he prays about his goods or marriage or children,he is not ashamed to address the thing without a soul.For vigor he invokes the powerless;
18. for life he entreats the dead;For aid he beseeches the wholly incompetent;for travel, something that cannot even walk;
19. For profit in business and success with his handshe asks power of a thing with hands utterly powerless.