3
for the customs of the peoples are worthless.
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
4
He decorates it with silver and gold.(A)
It is fastened with hammer and nails,(B)
so it won’t totter.
5
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.(C)
They must be carried(D) because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm(E)
and they cannot do any good.(F)

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