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.
⁵ Like scarecrows in a cucumber field
    they are unable to speak,
and they must be carried from place to place
    since they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    for they can do no harm,
    nor do they have any power to do good.