He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will no
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the ha
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astra
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gol