Jeremiah 10:4-9

VIN(i) 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails, that it not move. 5 "They are like scarecrows in cucumber fields. They cannot speak. They must be carried, for they cannot walk! Do not fear them! For they can do no harm and they can do no good." 6 There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power. 7 Who would not revere you, O king of the nations? For you it is fitting. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. 8 But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock. 9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. It is the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith. Violet and purple are their clothing. They are all the work of skilled men.