Wisdom 15:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ For a man made them,
and one whose spirit is borrowed formed them;
for no man can form a god which is like himself.
¹⁷ He is mortal, and what he makes with lawless hands is dead,
for he is better than the objects he worships,
since^[a] he has life, but they never have.

¹⁸ The enemies of thy people^[b] worship even the most hateful animals,
which are worse than all others, when judged by their lack of intelligence;