6. They lavish gold out of the bag,And weigh silver on the scales;They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7. They bear it on the shoulder, they carry itAnd set it in its place, and it stands;From its place it shall not move.Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answerNor save him out of his trouble.
8. “Remember this, and show yourselves men;Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
9. Remember the former things of old,For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me,