1 Samuel 12:21

And turn ye not aside ,.... From his worship: for then; if they turned aside from that:

should ye go after vain things ; idols, which are vanity, and less than vanity:

which cannot profit nor deliver ; neither bestow good things on their votaries, nor deliver them from evils, or from the hands of their enemies

for they are vain ; empty, useless, and unprofitable; an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4 .