Jeremiah 10:1–8
10 Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
a“Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are 1futile;
For bone cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They cfasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And dthey cannot speak;
They must be ecarried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For fthey cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
6 Inasmuch as there is none glike You, O Lord
(You are great, and Your name is great in might),
7 hWho would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
For iamong all the wise men of the nations,
And in all their kingdoms,
There is none like You.
8 But they are altogether jdull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a 2worthless doctrine.