10. Ashes his heart is! more worthless than earth is his hope,more ignoble than clay his life;
11. Because he knew not the one who fashioned him,and breathed into him a quickening soul,and infused a vital spirit.
12. Instead, he esteemed our life a mere game,and our span of life a holiday for gain;“For one must,” says he, “make a profit in every way, be it even from evil.”
13. For more than anyone else he knows that he is sinning,when out of earthen stuff he creates fragile vessels and idols alike.
14. But most stupid of all and worse than senseless in mind,are the enemies of your people who enslaved them.
15. For they esteemed all the idols of the nations as gods,which cannot use their eyes to see,nor nostrils to breathe the air,Nor ears to hear,nor fingers on their hands for feeling;even their feet are useless to walk with.