Jeremiah 10:2-4

New Catholic Bible

Do not adopt the ways of the nations
    or become frightened at the signs in the heavens,^[a]
    even though the nations are terrified of them.
³ For the carved images of the nations are powerless;
    they are nothing more than wood cut from a forest,
fashioned with a knife by craftsmen
⁴     and embellished with silver and gold.
Then they are fastened with hammers and nails
    to prevent them from toppling.