20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a (A)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To [a]prepare [b]an idol that (B)will not totter.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Or set up
  2. Isaiah 40:20 Or a graven image

“They (A)lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
(B)It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it (C)cannot answer;
It (D)cannot deliver him from his distress.

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