17
Even as the courtyards are locked up on every side when one is sentenced to death for doing wrong against a king, so the priests secure their temples with doors, bolts, and bars from robbers and thieves.
15
Just as a person's utensil is useless after it's broken, so are the Gentiles' gods after they have been placed in their temples.
16
Their eyes are full of dust from the feet of visitors.
17
Even as the courtyards are locked up on every side when one is sentenced to death for doing wrong against a king, so the priests secure their temples with doors, bolts, and bars from robbers and thieves.
18
The priests light more lamps for the idols than for themselves, but their gods can't see them.
19
The idols are just like the beams that support a house, but people say that their hearts melt before them. They don't notice when vermin from the earth have eaten them and their clothing.