Jeremiah 10:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ The ·customs [statutes; ordinances; requirements] of other people are ·worth nothing [meaningless; useless; ^La breath].
    ·Their idols are just wood cut from the forest [^LA tree from the forest is cut down],
    shaped by a ·worker [craftsman] with his ·chisel [or ax; or adze; or blade].
⁴ They decorate their idols with silver and gold.
    With hammers and nails they fasten them down
    so they ·won’t fall over [can’t move].
⁵ Their idols are like scarecrows in ·melon [or cucumber] fields;
    they cannot talk.
Since they cannot walk,
    they must be carried.
Do not be afraid of those idols,
    because they can’t hurt you,
and they ·can’t help you either [have no power to do good; Is. 40:18–20; 41:7, 29; 44:6–23; 46:5–7].”