As in the description of wooden idols (13:10-19), we now refer to clay idols (Is 45; Rom 9:21), but with one difference: here, the focus is not just on idolatry, but on how the human creator is unaware of his own life. For example, he does not worry about dying (9), his mind is ashes (10), he considers life a game (12), etc., for even though he makes figures of clay, he is still part of God’s creation (Gn 2:3; 3:19). Why do humans try to highlight their works or compete with each other as if life were a game? What if they saw themselves as sons and daughters in God’s hands, or viewed others as unique beings, images of the one who created them?