The same wood becomes fuel and idol

14He cuts down cedars for himself, or he takes a cypress tree or an oak and chooses it from among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

15Then it becomes fuel for a man, and he takes some of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire and bakes bread. He also makes a god and bows down; he makes it a carved image and prostrates himself before it.

16Half of it he burns in the fire; over the other half he eats meat: he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm; I have seen the fire.”

17And with the rest of it he makes a god—his carved image; he bows down to it and worships, and prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”