The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

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

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her ‘Proud one who is silenced.’”

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.

When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this – animals trampling on my courtyards?

Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”

Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!

What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer.