Jeremiah 10:5

They, the idols, are upright as the palm-tree, they are like a statue of turned work, resembling a palm-tree, but speak not, Psalms 115:5, for all their possessing a mouth; they must needs be borne, carried about from one place to another, because they cannot go, they are unable to walk. Be not afraid of them, standing in awe of any power which they are said to possess; for they cannot do evil, they can do no one any harm, neither also is it in them to do good, they cannot bring blessings or benefits upon any of their worshipers, since they are simply dead. Cf Isaiah 41:7.