Jeremiah 10:1-5

Lexham English Bible

“You must not learn the way of the nations,
    and you must not be dismayed by the signs of the heavens,
    for the nations are dismayed by them.
³ For the statutes of the peoples are vanity,
    for it is a tree cut down from the forest,
    the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.
⁴ He decorates it with silver and gold,
    they strengthen it with nails and hammers,
    so that it does not stagger.
⁵ They are like scarecrows^[a] in a cucumber field,
    they cannot speak.
Indeed, they must be carried,
    for they cannot march.
You must not be afraid of them,
    for they cannot do evil;
furthermore, to do good is not in them.”