Jer 10:5 | ESV | STEP | Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field , and they cannot speak ; they have to be carried , for they cannot walk . Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil , neither is it in them to do good .

b Ps. 115:5; 135:16; Hab. 2:18, 19; 1 Cor. 12:2

Jeremiah 10:5

5 Their idols ^{▼▼Hebrew They} are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ^bthey cannot speak;
^cthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
^dfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”