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19 The workman melts a graven image,
    and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold,
    and casts silver chains.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering
    chooses a tree that will not rot;
he seeks for himself a skillful workman
    to prepare a graven image that shall not totter.

21 Have you not known?
    Have you not heard?
Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of 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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