²⁹ Look, all of them are a delusion;^[a]
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.

⁵ Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.^(A)
They must be carried^(B) because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm^(C)—
and they cannot do any good.^(D)