Jeremiah 10:5
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They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

speak.

Psalm 115:5-8 They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not. . . .

Psalm 135:16-18 They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not. . . .

Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.

1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led.

Revelation 13:14,15 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived. . . .

be borne.

Isaiah 46:1,7 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised. . . .

do evil.

Isaiah 41:23,24 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together. . . .

Isaiah 44:9,10 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed. . . .

Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.

1 Corinthians 8:4 But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world and that there is no God but one.

Context
The Sovereignty of God
4He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. 5They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.6There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great, and great is thy name in might.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led.

1 Kings 18:26
And they took the bullock, which he gave them, and dressed it: and they called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar that they had made.

Psalm 115:5
They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

Psalm 115:7
They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.

Isaiah 41:23
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.

Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which hath no being: he that hath chosen you is an abomination.

Isaiah 44:10
Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?

Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 46:1
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.

Isaiah 46:7
You that contribute gold out of the bag, and weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a goldsmith to make a god: and they fall down and worship.

Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.

Lexicon
Like scarecrows
כְּתֹ֨מֶר (kə·ṯō·mer)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8560: Palm tree, post

in a cucumber patch,
מִקְשָׁ֥ה (miq·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4749: Rounded work, moulded by hammering

their idols
הֵ֙מָּה֙ (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

cannot
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

speak.
יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ (yə·ḏab·bê·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

They must be carried
נָשׂ֥וֹא (nā·śō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they cannot
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

walk.
יִצְעָ֑דוּ (yiṣ·‘ā·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6805: To pace, step regularly, to mount, to march, to hurl

Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

fear
תִּֽירְא֤וּ (tî·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

them,
מֵהֶם֙ (mê·hem)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they can do no
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

harm,
יָרֵ֔עוּ (yā·rê·‘ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

and
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

neither can they
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

do any good.”
הֵיטֵ֖יב (hê·ṭêḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing


Additional Translations
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”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.

They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver They must certainly be borne, for they cannot ride of themselves. Fear them not; for they cannot do any evil, and there is no good in them.

They are as a palm-column of turned work, and they speak not; they are carried, for they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

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.

They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."

As a palm they are stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.
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