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16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot speak!
    They have eyes, but they cannot see!
17     They have ears, but they cannot hear!
They cannot even breathe!
18 The people who made them will become as they are.
Everyone who trusts in idols
    will become as useless as their idols are.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 135:18 An idol is a false god. People made them from valuable metals, like silver and gold. But these idols cannot do anything! They are dead things. If people worship them, they also become dead.

16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(A)
    eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath(B) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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