Psalms 115:3-8

3 ^aOur God is in the heavens;
^bhe does all that he pleases.
4 ^cTheir idols are silver and gold,
^dthe work of human hands.
5They have mouths, ^ebut do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
6They have ears, but do not hear;
noses, but do not smell.
7They have hands, but do not feel;
feet, but do not walk;
and they do not make a sound in their throat.
8 ^fThose who make them become like them;
so do all who trust in them.

Psalms 135:15

15 ^gThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.

Psalms 135:18

18Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.

Isaiah 44:8-28

8Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
^hAnd you are my witnesses!
ⁱIs there a God besides me?
There is no ^jRock; I know not any.”

The Folly of Idolatry

9 ^kAll who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. 10 ^lWho fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing? 11 ^mBehold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.

12 ⁿThe ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. 13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. ^oHe shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 ^pHe cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. 16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” 17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. ^qHe prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand. 19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an ^rabomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” 20 ^sHe feeds on ^tashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not ^ua lie in my right hand?”

The Lord Redeems Israel

21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are ^vmy servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
^wO Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 ^xI have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 ^ySing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
shout, O ^zdepths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
^aaand will be glorified ▼

▼Or  will display his beauty

in Israel.
24 Thus says the Lord, ^acyour Redeemer,
^adwho formed you from the womb:
^ae“I am the Lord, who made all things,
^afwho alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,
25who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
^agwho turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
26 ^ahwho confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
^aiand of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 ^ajwho says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;
28who says of ^akCyrus, ‘He is ^almy shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
^amand of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

Isaiah 46:1-2

The Idols of Babylon and the One True God

1 ^anBel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.
2They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but ^aothemselves go into captivity.

Jeremiah 10:3-5

3 ^apfor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ▼

▼Or vapor, or mist

^arA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 ^asThey decorate it with silver and gold;
^atthey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5Their idols ▼

▼Hebrew They

are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ^avthey cannot speak;
^awthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
^axfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”

Jeremiah 10:11-12

11Thus shall you say to them: ^ay“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth ^azshall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” ▼

▼This verse is in Aramaic

12 ^bbIt is he who ^bcmade the earth by his power,
^bdwho established the world by his wisdom,
and ^beby his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

14 ^bfEvery man is stupid and without knowledge;
^bgevery goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
^bhand there is no breath in them.
15They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.