¹⁸ People like that don’t know what they are doing! They don’t understand. It is as if they have mud in their eyes so they cannot see. Their minds cannot understand. ¹⁹ They don’t realize what they are doing. They aren’t smart enough to think, “I burned half of the wood in the fire. I used the hot coals to bake my bread and cook the meat I ate. And I used the wood that was left to make this terrible thing. I am worshiping a block of wood!”

²⁰ Someone like that is deceived. They don’t know what they are doing.^[a] They cannot save themselves, and they will not admit, “This statue I am holding is a lie!”