“The evil intent of human art has not misled us.
The fruitless toil of painters has not misled us,
A figure stained with varied colors,
Whose appearance arouses yearning in fools,
So that they desire the lifeless form of a dead image.
These are lovers of evil things.
They are fit for such objects of hope.
There are those who make them.
There are those who desire them.
There are those who worship them.”
The righteous were not misled by human (ἀνθρώπων) art or painters with vivid colors. The appearance of these idols (εἶδος) led fools to desire the lifeless form of a dead image (τε νεκρᾶς εἰκόνος). The idol worshippers loved evil things, whether they were the makers of these idols, only desiring them, or actually worshiping them.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 