Jeremiah 10:3-5

For the customs
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of the people
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[are] vain
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for [one] cutteth
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a tree
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out of the forest
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the work
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of the hands
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of the workman
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with the axe
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{customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity}

They deck
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it with silver
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and with gold
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they fasten
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it with nails
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and with hammers
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that it move
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not.

They [are] upright
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as the palm tree
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but speak
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not: they must needs
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be borne
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because they cannot go
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Be not afraid
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of them; for they cannot do evil
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neither also [is it] in them to do good
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