³ The customs of the peoples are useless:
    it is just a tree cut from the forest,
    the work of the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
⁴ They decorate it with silver and gold,
    and fasten it with hammer and nails
        so it won’t totter.
⁵ Like a scarecrow in a cucumber garden,
    their idols cannot speak.
    They must be carried
        because they cannot walk!^[a]
    Do not fear them
        for they can do no harm
        —nor do any good.”