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

Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;(A)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.(B)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm(C)
    nor can they do any good.”(D)

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