Letter of Jeremiah 25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁵ They are bought without regard to cost, but there is no breath in them. ²⁶ Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humankind their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame ²⁷ because, if any of these gods falls^[a] to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself; and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead.