46 ^(A)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their idols have become loads for the animals and the cattle.
The things ^[a]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary animal.

⁵ They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
And they ^(A)cannot speak;
They must be ^(B)carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they ^(C)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”