And the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made.

And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled; and I will not pardon them.

The artificer, having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.

that it might be for men to burn; and having taken part of it he warms himself; yes, they burn part of it, and bake loaves on it; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.

And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships and prays, saying, Deliver me; for you are my god.

And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on its coals and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.

For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

[They are] beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;

And you have exalted yourself against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before you the vessels of His house, and you, your nobles, your mistresses, and your concubines have drunk wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also; sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined; they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move; and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.

And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord. So they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and He plagued them, and He struck them in their secret parts, [both in] Azotus and her coasts.

And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.