135:15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold,
they are man-made. 1
135:18 Those who make them will end up 2 like them,
as will everyone who trusts in them.
1 tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”
2 tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.”
sn Because the idols are lifeless, they cannot help their worshipers in times of crisis. Consequently the worshipers end up as dead as the gods in which they trust.