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19 He is not like an idol that workers make,
    that metalworkers cover with gold
    and set in a base of silver.
20 (A)Anyone who cannot afford silver or gold[a]
    chooses wood that will not rot.
He finds a skillful worker
    to make an image that won't fall down.

21 Do you not know?
    Were you not told long ago?
    Have you not heard how the world began?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Verses 19-20a in Hebrew are unclear.

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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