## The nations' idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands ##

The people who do not obey God make statues to worship out of gold or silver.

## those idols have mouths, but they do not speak ##

while the physical representation of their idols have a mouth, the figure is unable to use that mouth because the false god they represent do not have any power

## are like them ##

AT: "are completely useless" or "are completely powerless" (see:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])