Jeremiah 10:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ “For the customs of the people are frivolous. For one cuts a tree out of the forest (which is the work of the hands of the carpenter) with the axe,

⁴ “and another decorates it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it does not fall.

⁵ “They stand up, as the palm tree, but do not speak. They are carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them! For they cannot do evil, nor can they do good.”