12 The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding, he spread out the skies. 13 When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. 14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. 15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

15 When he was making the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, he stretched out the heavens by his understanding. 16 He made the sound of water in the sky into a voice, and he brought up clouds from the extremities of the earth. He made lightning become rain, and he brought out daylight from its storehouses. 17 Every person is rendered futile, apart from knowledge; every goldsmith has been disgraced by reason of his graven images, because they have cast lies; there is no breath in them. 18 They are worthless, works to be ridiculed. At the time of their visitation they will be destroyed.