“They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.”
The image of those who 'lift it on their shoulders and carry it in procession' intensifies the mockery, showing devotees physically hauling their deity while expecting salvation from something immobilized. The irony is compounded by the final clause: 'they pray to it, but it cannot answer'—the god is both dependent on human effort and incapable of response. This theological indictment moves from the physical absurdity (carrying your god) to the functional failure (it cannot save). The passage establishes that idolatry combines human labor with divine impotence.
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