The work of hands

1Hear the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.

2Thus says Yahweh: Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be dismayed at the signs of the heavens, because the nations are dismayed at them.

3For the customs of the peoples are vanity, for a tree is cut from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with an axe.

4They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not totter.

5They are like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they cannot do harm, nor can they do good.