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What they make with their hands is like scarecrows

A scarecrow is a man-like figure made to scare birds and prevent them from eating the crops. Yahweh compares the idols to scarecrows because they are not capable of doing anything.

cucumber

a vegetable that is usually long, with green skin and white flesh that contains much water

they have to be carried

"people have to carry them"