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He decorates it with silver and gold,
    they strengthen it with nails and hammers,
    so that it does not stagger.
They are like scarecrows[a] in a cucumber field,
    they cannot speak.
Indeed, they must be carried,
    for they cannot march.
You must not be afraid of them,
    for they cannot do evil;
furthermore, to do good is not in them.”
There is none like you, O Yahweh,
    you are great and your name is great in might.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew “scarecrow”