9  xThey that make a graven image are all of them vanity;

And their †delectable things shall not profit;

And ythey are their own witnesses;

zThey see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

10  Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image

aThat is profitable for nothing?

11  Behold, all his fellows bshall be ashamed:

And the workmen, they are of men:

Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;

Yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

12  cThe smith ||with the tongs both worketh in dthe coals,

And fashioneth it ewith hammers,

And worketh it with the strength of his arms:

Yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth:

He drinketh no water, and is faint.

13  The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;

He fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass,

And maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man;

That it may remain in the house.

14  He heweth him down cedars, and taketh fthe cypress and the oak,

Which ||ghe strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

15  hThen shall it be for a man ito burn:

For he will take thereof, and warm himself;

Yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;

Yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it;

He maketh it a graven image, and jfalleth down thereto.

16  He burneth part thereof in the fire;

With part thereof he eateth flesh;

He roasteth roast, and is satisfied:

Yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha,

I am warm, I have seen kthe fire:

17  And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image:

He ifalleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and lprayeth unto it,

And saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

18  mThey have not known nor understood:

For he hath †shut their eyes, that they cannot see;

And their hearts, that they cannot understand.