Jeremiah 10:5-10

English Standard Version

⁵Their 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.”

⁶^(D)There is none like you, O Lord;
    you are great, and your name is great in might.
⁷^(E)Who would not fear you, O King of the nations?
    For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
    and in all their kingdoms
    there is none like you.
⁸^(F)They are both ^(G)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!
⁹^(H)Beaten silver is brought from ^(I)Tarshish,
    and gold from ^(J)Uphaz.
^(K)They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
    their clothing is violet and purple;
    ^(L)they are all the work of skilled men.
¹⁰^(M)But the Lord is the true God;
    ^(N)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.