Jer 10:5, 31:15 | 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 .

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.”

Jeremiah 31:15

15 Thus says the Lord:
^e“A voice is heard in ^fRamah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
^gRachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
^hbecause they are no more.”