²⁸ There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

³⁶ ‘The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.^(A)

¹⁸ They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands – wood and stone.^(A) So they have destroyed them.

Israel’s Restoration

³² ‘ “When you say, ‘Let’s be like the nations, like the clans of other countries, serving wood and stone,’^(A) what you have in mind will never happen.^(B)

⁴ They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.^(A)

²³ Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of the heavens. The vessels from his house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,^(A) you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.^(B) But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in his hand and who controls the whole course of your life.^[a](C)