6
They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and worship them.
7
They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move: and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.
8
Remember ye these things, and groan: repent, ye that have gone astray, return in your heart;
9
and remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me,
10
telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.