17Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
18They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
19The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
20You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
21With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;
22With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;
23With you the keeper of sheep with his flock will be broken, and with you the farmer and his oxen will be broken, and with you captains and rulers will be broken.
