Yeremia 10:5

10:5 Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field.

They cannot talk.

They must be carried

because they cannot walk.

Do not be afraid of them

because they cannot hurt you.

And they do not have any power to help you.” ¹ 

Yeremia 51:59

51:59 This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign. ²  (Seraiah was a quartermaster.) ³ 

[10:5]  ¹ tn Heb “And it is not in them to do good either.”

[51:59]  ² sn This would be 582 b.c.

[51:59]  ³ tn Heb “an officer of rest.”