3
For the customs of the peoples are (a)(A)delusion;
Because (B)it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
4
“They (C)decorate it with silver and with gold;
They (D)fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.
5
“Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they,
And they (E)cannot speak;
They must be (F)carried,
Because they cannot walk!
Do not fear them,
For they (G)can do no harm,
Nor can they do any good.”

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 10:3: ['Lit ', vanity]

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