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But among that scrap wood he may take one piece that isn't good for anything - maybe it's crooked and full of knots - and carefully carve it in his leisure time, using spare moments to shape it into the crude image of a person,
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or maybe of some worthless animal. He paints it all over with red, covering up every flaw in the work.
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Then he prepares a suitable place in the wall for it and fastens it in place with iron nails.
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He is careful to keep it from falling, because he knows it is only an idol and needs help; it cannot help itself.
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But he is not ashamed to pray to this lifeless thing about his marriage, his children, and his possessions.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.