Bible Verses

 Since they have no feet, people carry them on their shoulders, revealing their shame. How embarrassing for their followers if the god falls! They have to lift him up.

 They may be bought at a high price, but they lack life.

 If the rust on the gold decorations is not cleaned off, they cannot shine. But what does it matter? Even when they were made, they felt nothing.

This shows they are not gods, so there is no need to fear them.

 Owls perch on their heads and shoulders, swallows and other birds sit on them, and cats prowl around.

 Their faces have turned black because of the smoke of the temple.

 He is no more than any of the beams of the temple, and some whisper that termites gnaw the inner part; worms from the ground devour both the god and his clothes, but he feels nothing.

 They light lamps, far more numerous than they need for themselves, and yet the god sees no one.

 Just as doors are carefully closed on a man who has offended the king or a convict sentenced to death, in the same way, the priests lock and bolt the doors of the temple for fear of thieves.

 Their eyes are filled with dust kicked up by those who enter.