Jeremiah 10:3 BBE

¹  Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:

²  This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of heaven, for the nations go in fear of them.

³  For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

⁴  They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.

⁵  It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.