2:13 Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed:
The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke;
their exhausting work will be for nothing.
2:18 What good
What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles?
Why would its creator place his trust in it
and make
2:19 The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead
he who says
Can it give reliable guidance?
It is overlaid with gold and silver;
it has no life’s breath inside it.