Jeremiah 10:3-8 Yea all the customs and laws of the Gentiles are nothing but vanity. They hew down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workman, and fashion it with the axe;

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Yea all the customs and laws of the Gentiles are nothing but vanity. They hew down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workman, and fashion it with the axe; ⁴ they cover it over with gold or silver; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not. ⁵ It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil." ⁶ But there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and great is the name of thy power. ⁷ Who would not fear thee? Or what King of the Gentiles would not obey thee? For among all the wise men of the Gentiles, and in all their kingdoms, there is none that may be likened unto thee. ⁸ They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity: