8
As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
9
And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
10
Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
11
Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
12
Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.