¹⁹ Listen—the cry of my dear people
from a faraway land,
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,^(A)
her King not within her?”
Why have they angered me
with their carved images,
with their worthless foreign idols?^(B)

⁸ They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

¹⁵ They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.^(A)

²² Can any of the worthless idols of the nations^(A) bring rain?
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are you not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in you,^(B)
for you have done all these things.