15. Therefore, do not fear them. For just as the vessel a man uses becomes useless when broken, so also are their gods.
16. When they are set up in a house, their eyes are full of dust from the feet of those who enter.
17. And like one who has offended the king and is surrounded at every door, or like a corpse about to be carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be plundered by robbers.
18. They light candles to them, and in great number, and still they are unable to see, for they are like logs in the house.