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for the customs of the peoples are worthless. Someone cuts down a tree from the forest; [it is] worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Jeremiah 10:3 In-Context
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Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel.
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This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.
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For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
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They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
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Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.”