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They decorate it with silver and gold.
    They secure it with nails and hammers
        so it won’t totter.
Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field.
    They can’t speak!
They must always be carried
    because they can’t walk!
Don’t be afraid of them
    because they can do no harm,
        nor can they do any good.”

There is no one like you, Lord.
    You are great, and your name is great and powerful.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:5 Lit. They

They adorn it with silver(A) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.(B)
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;(C)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.(D)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm(E)
    nor can they do any good.”(F)

No one is like you,(G) Lord;
    you are great,(H)
    and your name is mighty in power.

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