For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.

Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the gods of Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.