(1) the people seek to make what God has already provided or will provide; (2) the idea to make the image is a human initiative; (3) the materials for it are demanded (not given voluntarily), reminding readers of the old life of slavery in Egypt; (4) it is a quick, human job, without the careful preparations befitting the Holy One of Israel; and (5) the Lord, the invisible, holy God, is turned into a visible object that can neither speak nor act.
