Jeremiah 10:5

Overview - Jeremiah 10
The unequal comparison of God and idols.
17 The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come.
19 He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors.
23 He makes an humble supplication.
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Jeremiah 10:5  (King James Version)
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
 


speak
Psalms 115:5-8 ; 135:16-18 Habakkuk 2:19 ; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ; Revelation 13:14 Revelation 13:15

be borne
Isaiah 46:1 Isaiah 46:7

do evil
Isaiah 41:23 Isaiah 41:24 ; Isaiah 44:9 Isaiah 44:10 45:20 1 Corinthians 8:4