Isa 44:9, Jer 10:3-11 | ESV | STEP | All who fashion idols are nothing , and the things they delight in do not profit . Their witnesses neither see nor know , that they may be put to shame .

Isaiah 44:9

The Folly of Idolatry

9 ^aAll who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.

Jeremiah 10:3-11

3 ^bfor the customs of the peoples are vanity. ^{▼▼Or vapor, or mist}
^dA tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
4 ^eThey decorate it with silver and gold;
^fthey fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
5 Their idols ^{▼▼Hebrew They} are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ^hthey cannot speak;
ⁱthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
^jfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
6 ^kThere is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in might.
7 ^lWho 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 ^mThey are both ⁿstupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
9 ^oBeaten silver is brought from ^pTarshish,
and gold from ^qUphaz.
^rThey are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
^sthey are all the work of skilled men.
10 ^tBut the Lord is the true God;
^uhe is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
11 Thus shall you say to them: ^v“The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth ^wshall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” ^{▼▼This verse is in Aramaic}