Jeremiah 10:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ For the customs of the peoples are ^[a](A)delusion;
Because ^(B)it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
⁴ “They ^(C)decorate it with silver and with gold;
They ^(D)fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
⁵ “Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they ^(E)cannot speak;
They must be ^(F)carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they ^(G)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”