Jeremiah 10:5
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. A polemic against idolatry: the customs of peoples are false — they cut trees, deck them with silver and gold, and they cannot speak. 'There is none like you, O Lord.' God is the true God, the living God, the …
Other Translations
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.
As a palm they <FI>are<Fi> 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.
It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.
Cross References
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or …
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they …
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set …
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; …