Jeremiah 10:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

An idol is no better than a scarecrow. It can't speak, and it has to be carried, because it can't walk. Why worship an idol that can't help or harm you?

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

2 Chronicles 25:15

This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask Amaziah, “Why would you worship these foreign gods that couldn't even save their own people from your attack?”

Isaiah 16:12

It's useless for Moab's people to wear themselves out by going to their altars to worship and pray.

Isaiah 45:20

to every survivor from every nation: “Gather around me! Learn how senseless it is to worship wooden idols or pray to helpless gods.

Isaiah 46:1

The gods Bel and Nebo are down on their knees, as wooden images of them are carried away on weary animals.

Isaiah 46:7

They carry the idol on their shoulders, then put it on a stand, but it cannot move. They call out to the idol when they are in trouble, but it doesn't answer, and it cannot help.

Jeremiah 10:14

People who make idols are so stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods are not alive.

Habakkuk 2:19

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

1 Corinthians 8:4

Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.