Jeremiah 10:4-6

Expanded Bible

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].”