Isa 40:20, Jer 10:3-8, Hos 4:12, Hab 2:19 | ESV | STEP | He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot ; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move .

Isaiah 40:20

20 ^aHe who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood ^{▼▼Or He chooses valuable wood} that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.

Jeremiah 10:3-8

3 ^cfor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ^{▼▼Or vapor, or mist}
^eA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 ^fThey decorate it with silver and gold;
^gthey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols ^{▼▼Hebrew They} are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ⁱthey cannot speak;
^jthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
^kfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 ^lThere is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 ^mWho would not fear you, O King of the nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 ⁿThey are both ^ostupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!

Hosea 4:12

12 My people ^pinquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For ^qa spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.

Habakkuk 2:19

19 ^rWoe to him ^swho says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and ^tthere is no breath at all in it.