They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
    and (A)they cannot speak;
(B)they have to be carried,
    for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    (C)for they cannot do evil,
    neither is it in them to do good.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They

Ang mga dios-diosang itoʼy parang taong panakot ng ibon sa bukid na hindi nakakapagsalita. Kailangan pa itong buhatin dahil hindi ito nakakalakad. Huwag kayong matakot sa mga dios-diosang ito dahil hindi sila makakagawa ng masama at hindi rin makakagawa ng mabuti.”

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