⁴ But their idols are silver and gold,^(A)
    made by human hands.^(B)
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.

¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(A)
    eyes, but cannot see.

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.

²⁸ I look but there is no one^(A)—
    no one among the gods to give counsel,^(B)
    no one to give answer^(C) when I ask them.

⁷ They lift it to their shoulders and carry^(A) it;
    they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
    From that spot it cannot move.^(B)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;^(C)
    it cannot save^(D) them from their troubles.

⁵ Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;^(A)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.^(B)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm^(C)
    nor can they do any good.”^(D)