9. Hammered silver is brought from Tarshishand gold from Uphaz,so the idols are made by craftsmen and goldsmiths.They put blue and purple clothes on the idols.All these things are made by skilled workers.
10. But the Lord is the only true God.He is the only living God, the King forever.The earth shakes when he is angry,and the nations cannot stand up to his anger.
11. “Tell them this message: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth; they will be destroyed and disappear from heaven and earth.’ ”
12. God made the earth by his power.He used his wisdom to build the worldand his understanding to stretch out the skies.
13. When he thunders, the waters in the skies roar.He makes clouds rise in the sky all over the earth.He sends lightning with the rainand brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14. People are so stupid and know so little.Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols,because those statues are only false gods.They have no breath in them.
15. They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.When they are judged, they will be destroyed.