19 (A)The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.

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20 Whoever is too impoverished for such [a]a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
(A)To prepare a carved image that will not totter.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 an offering

28 But (A)where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise,
If they (B)can save you in the time of your [a]trouble;
For (C)according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:28 Or evil

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