Thomson(i)
9 And have not then the fashioners and engravers heard? They are all fools making things to please their fancies; things which cannot profit them: but shame shall cover these god makers,
10 and all the engravers of these useless things.
11 When all by whom they were made are dried up; then let all the stupid among men be collected and stand together, and let them be confounded and ashamed together:
12 for the carpenter sharpened an axe, with a hatchet he modelled it; then he put it into a lathe and with his strong arm fashioned it. Though he be hungry and faint, he must not drink water.
13 The carpenters having chosen a piece of wood framed it by rule and glued the parts together, and made it in the form of a man and with the comeliness of a man, to set it in a house.
14 He cut wood from the forest which the Lord planted; a pine tree, which the rain had nourished,
15 that it might be fuel for the use of man: and having taken some of it he warmed himself; and with other pieces they made a fire and baked cakes, and of the residue they made gods and worshipped them.
16 Did he not burn half of it in the fire, and, with the coals of that half, bake cakes; and having roasted meat with it did he not eat and was satisfied; and when warmed say, "Aha! I am warmed, I have enjoyed the fire?"
17 Yet of the residue he made a carve god, and worshippeth it, and prayeth to it, saying, "Deliver me, for thou art my God."
18 They had not sense to think; for they were so involved in darkness that they could not see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts:
19 nor did any reason in his mind, nor by his understanding recollect, that he had burned half of it in the fire, and on the coals thereof baked cakes, and had roasted flesh and eaten, and of the residue had made an abomination; so they bow themselves down to it.
20 Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they are led astray and none can deliver his soul. Take a view of it, will you not say, "There is indeed a lie in my right hand?"