Jeremiah 10:2-4

International Standard Version

“Don’t learn the way of the nations,
    and don’t be terrified by signs in the heavens,
    though the nations are terrified of them.
³ For the practices^[a] of the people are worthless.
    Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest;
        it’s the work of the hands of a craftsman^[b] with an ax.
⁴ They decorate it with silver and gold.
    They secure it with nails and hammers
        so it won’t totter.