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Jeremiah describes idols as crafted objects that cannot speak and must be carried because they cannot walk (Jeremiah 10:3–5). The point is their powerlessness compared to the LORD.
3For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
5They 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.