And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his sculptured image: he bows down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adram-melech and Sharezer his sons struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his place.
Then shall it be something for a man to burn: for he will take some of it, and warm himself; yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yea, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a sculptured image, and bows down to it.
He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts meat, and is satisfied: yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge who set up the wood of their sculptured image, and pray to a god that cannot save.
Saying to a tree trunk, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak anything improper against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and threw him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images from their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Woe to him who says to wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is covered over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
So that not only is this our craft in danger of coming into disgrace; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana would be despised, and her magnificence would be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.