and exchangedthe gloryof the incorruptibleGodfor an imagein the formof corruptiblemanand of birdsand four-footed animalsand crawling creatures.
Thus they exchangedtheir gloryFor the imageof an oxthat eatsgrass.
"Has a nationchangedgodsWhen they were not gods?But My peoplehave changedtheir gloryFor that which does not profit.
"Beingthenthe childrenof God,we oughtnot to thinkthat the Divine Natureis likegoldorsilverorstone,an image formedby the artand thoughtof man.
For they exchangedthe truthof Godfor a lie,and worshipedand servedthe creaturerather thanthe Creator,whois blessedforever.Amen.
For the timealready pastis sufficient[for] [you] to have carriedout the desireof the Gentiles,having pursued a courseof sensuality,lusts,drunkenness,carousing,drinking partiesand abominableidolatries.
So I enteredand looked,and behold,everyformof creepingthingsand beasts[and] detestablethings,with allthe idolsof the houseof Israel,were carvedon the wallallaround.
You shall not makefor yourself an idol,[or] anylikeness[of] whatis in heavenaboveor on the earthbeneathor in the waterunderthe earth.
[Another] shapeswood,he extendsa measuringline;he outlinesit with red chalk.He worksit with planesand outlinesit with a compass,and makesit like the formof a man,like the beautyof man,so that it may sitin a house.
To whomthen will you likenGod?Or whatlikenesswill you comparewith Him?
You knowthat whenyou were pagans,[you were] led astrayto the muteidols,howeveryou were led.
Liftup your eyeson highAnd seewhohas createdthese[stars], The One who leadsforththeir hostby number,He callsthem allby name;Becauseof the greatnessof His mightand the strengthof [His] power,Not one[of them] is missing.
The restof mankind,whowere not killedby theseplagues,did not repentof the worksof their hands,soas not to worshipdemons,and the idolsof goldand of silverand of brassand of stoneand of wood,whichcanneitherseenorhearnorwalk;
and there were in it all[kinds of] four-footed animalsand crawling creaturesof the earthand birdsof the air.
