The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead – he who says to speechless stone, ‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it.

They are frightening and terrifying; they decide for themselves what is right.

They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.