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Or to the silent stone

"Woe to the one saying to the silent stone"

Do these things teach?

"These things cannot teach." or "Wood and stone cannot teach."

See, it is overlaid

"Look at it. You can see for yourself that it is overlaid"

it is overlaid with gold and silver

"a person overlays the wood or stone with gold and silver"

there is no breath at all within it

"it is not alive" or "it is dead"