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19 No, but some people make statues from rock or wood,
    and they call them gods.
One worker makes a statue.
    Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.
20 For the base he chooses special wood,
    a kind of wood that will not rot.
Then he finds a good wood worker,
    and the worker makes a “god” that will not fall over.
21 Surely you know the truth, don’t you?
    Surely you have heard.
    Surely someone told you long ago.
    Surely you understand who made the earth.

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19 As for an idol,(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith(B) overlays it with gold(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(D) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(E) that will not topple.(F)

21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(G)
Has it not been told(H) you from the beginning?(I)
    Have you not understood(J) since the earth was founded?(K)

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