“These false idol gods
Are made
By carpenters
Or goldsmiths.
They can be nothing
But what the artisans
Wish them to be.
Those who make them
Will certainly not live
Very long themselves.
How can the things
That are made
By them
Be gods?
They have left
Only lies
With reproach
For those
Who come after.”
This author points out that carpenters and goldsmiths made these false idol gods. The idol gods are what these artisans wanted them to be. Besides all these craftsmen who made these idols will not live long anyway. How then can these things made by finite humans be infinite gods? These false idol makers leave only lies and reproach for those who come after they die.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 