Jeremiah 10:4-9 With silver and with gold do they ornament it; with nails and with hammers do they fasten it, that it move not from its place.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ With silver and with gold do they ornament it; with nails and with hammers do they fasten it, that it move not from its place. ⁵ As a wrought-out palm-like column are they, and cannot speak; they must needs be borne, because they cannot step along. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do any harm, so also to do any good is not in them. ⁶ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord: thou alone art great, and great is thy name in might. ⁷ Who would not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, they say there is none like unto thee. ⁸ But at once shall they be shown to be brutish and foolish: it is a doctrine of vanities, it concerneth but wood. ⁹ The beaten out silver is brought from Tharshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple is their clothing; the work of skilful men are they all.