Jeremiah 10:5-9

21st Century King James Version

⁵ They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not; they must 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.”

⁶ Inasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, O Lord—Thou art great, and Thy name is great in might”

⁷ who would not fear Thee, O King of nations? For to Thee doth it appertain, inasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto Thee.

⁸ But they are altogether brutish and foolish; the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

⁹ Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman and of the hands of the founder. Blue and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.