All these gods are useless; they can do nothing at all--- these idols are weak and powerless."

All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant---and they will be disgraced.

It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!

May all who made them and who trust in them become like the idols they have made.

All of them are stupid and foolish. What can they learn from wooden idols?

At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned, because the gods they make are false and lifeless.

At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless.

They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the LORD comes to deal with them.

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.

"As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never be put out. The sight of them will be disgusting to all people."

Do not bring any of these idols into your homes, or the same curse will be on you that is on them. You must hate and despise these idols, because they are under the LORD's curse.

" 'God's curse on anyone who makes an idol of stone, wood, or metal and secretly worships it; the LORD hates idolatry.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'

On her forehead was written a name that has a secret meaning: "Great Babylon, the mother of all prostitutes and perverts in the world."