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17 Before him all the nations are as nought,
    as nothing and void he counts them.

18 To whom can you liken God?(A)
    With what likeness can you confront him?
19 An idol? An artisan casts it,
    the smith plates it with gold,
    fits it with silver chains.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:19 Chains: needed to hold the idol steady when carried in processions; cf. v. 20; Jer 10:4.