Jeremiah 10:5 meaning and explanation
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
Jeremiah 10:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah is speaking to the house of Israel (verse 1) as God's covenant people facing the pressure of Babylonian power and the impressive idols of the nations around them. In verse 5 the LORD mocks those idols with a farm image: like a scarecrow standing in a cucumber patch, they look imposing but are lifeless.
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