“ No one has any sense. No one knows anything. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his wooden gods. His metal gods are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

各人都成了畜类，毫无知识。各银匠都因他的偶像羞愧；他所铸的偶像本是虚假的，其中并无气息，

人人都如同畜牲，毫无知识；银匠都因偶像羞愧，他所铸的偶像本为虚假，它们里面并无气息。

人人都如同畜牲，毫无知识；银匠都因偶像羞愧，他所铸的偶像本为虚假，它们里面并无气息。

世人都愚昧无知，工匠都因所制的偶像而羞愧，因为神像没有生命气息，是虚假的，

人人都是顽梗无知；所有的金匠都因偶像羞愧，因为他们铸造的像都是虚假，没有气息。

各人都成了畜類，毫無知識。各銀匠都因他的偶像羞愧；他所鑄的偶像本是虛假的，其中並無氣息，

人人都如同畜牲，毫無知識；銀匠都因偶像羞愧，他所鑄的偶像本為虛假，它們裏面並無氣息。

人人都如同畜牲，毫無知識；銀匠都因偶像羞愧，他所鑄的偶像本為虛假，它們裏面並無氣息。

世人都愚昧無知，工匠都因所製的偶像而羞愧，因為神像沒有生命氣息，是虛假的，

人人都是頑梗無知；所有的金匠都因偶像羞愧，因為他們鑄造的像都是虛假，沒有氣息。

人都等於畜類，毫無知識；銀匠都因其雕像而慚愧；因為他鑄的象都是虛假，裏面並無氣息。

人皆冥頑無知、金匠因其雕像而羞慚、所鑄之像、乃為虛偽、內無氣息、

維彼偶像、崇之者愚蠢、鑄之者蒙羞、偶像偽物、生氣不存、

人不明此理、甚為愚魯、匠人必因所製偶像慚愧、蓋所鑄之偶像乃虛偽、內無生氣、

“ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.

Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.

Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.

Every man is brutish by[ his] knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image[ is] falsehood, and[ there is] no breath in them.

All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

“ Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

No one has any sense or knows anything at all. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his gods. The metal gods he has made are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

“ If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They say to a wooden god,‘ Come to life!’ They say to a stone god,‘ Wake up!’ Can those gods give advice? They are covered with gold and silver. They can’t even breathe.”

The Lord looks down from heaven on all people. He wants to see if there are any who understand. He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

People like that don’t even know what they are doing. Their eyes are shut so that they can’t see the truth. Their minds are closed so that they can’t understand it.No one even stops to think about this. No one has any sense or understanding. If anyone did, they would say,“ I used half of the wood for fuel. I even baked bread over the fire. I cooked meat. Then I ate it. Should I now make a statue of a god out of the wood that’s left over? Should I bow down to a block of wood? The Lord would hate that.”That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say,“ This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”

They have ears but can’t hear. They have mouths but can’t breathe.Those who make statues of gods will be like them. So will all those who trust in them.

Those who make statues of gods will be like them. So will all those who trust in them.

Foolish people say in their hearts,“ There is no God.” They do all kinds of horrible and evil things. No one does anything good.God looks down from heaven on all people. He wants to see if there are any who understand. He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

Ever since the world was created it has been possible to see the qualities of God that are not seen. I’m talking about his eternal power and about the fact that he is God. Those things can be seen in what he has made. So people have no excuse for what they do.They knew God. But they didn’t honor him as God. They didn’t thank him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark.They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.

“ Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say,‘ Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’

Lord, how great are the things you do! How wise your thoughts are!Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.

They have mouths but can’t speak. They have eyes but can’t see.

It is written,“ I will destroy the wisdom of those who are wise. I will do away with the cleverness of those who think they are so smart.”( Isaiah 29:14)Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.