Jeremiah 10:1-4 ▼

1 Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.

2 Thus says the LORD, “Do not learn the way of the [pagan] nations, And do not be terrified and distressed by the signs of the heavens Although the pagans are terrified by them;

3 For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.

4 “They adorn the idol with silver and with gold; They fasten it with hammers and nails So that it will not fall apart.