Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, ‘As surely as I live forever,

I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’