Jeremiah 10:3-9 For the customs of the people are vain : for one cutteth a tree out of the forest , the work of the hands of the workman , with the axe.

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3 H2708 For the customs H5971 of the people H1892 are vain H3772 : for one cutteth [H8804] H6086 a tree H3293 out of the forest H4639 , the work H3027 of the hands H2796 of the workman H4621 , with the axe.

4 H3302 They deck [H8762] H3701 it with silver H2091 and with gold H2388 ; they fasten [H8762] H4548 it with nails H4717 and with hammers H6328 , that it move [H8686] not.

5 H4749 They are upright H8560 as the palm tree H1696 , but speak [H8762] H5375 not: they must needs [H8800] H5375 be borne [H8735] H6805 , because they cannot go [H8799] H3372 . Be not afraid [H8799] H7489 of them; for they cannot do evil [H8686] H3190 , neither also is it in them to do good [H8687] .

6 H3068 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD H1419 ; thou art great H8034 , and thy name H1419 is great H1369 in might.

7 H3372 Who would not fear [H8799] H4428 thee, O King H1471 of nations H2969 ? for to thee doth it appertain [H8804] H2450 : forasmuch as among all the wise H1471 men of the nations H4438 , and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

8 H259 But they are altogether H1197 brutish [H8799] H3688 and foolish [H8799] H6086 : the stock H4148 is a doctrine H1892 of vanities.

9 H3701 Silver H7554 spread into plates [H8794] H935 is brought [H8714] H8659 from Tarshish H2091 , and gold H210 from Uphaz H4639 , the work H2796 of the workman H3027 , and of the hands H6884 of the founder [H8802] H8504 : blue H713 and purple H3830 is their clothing H4639 : they are all the work H2450 of cunning men .