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19 An idol? An artisan casts it,
    the smith plates it with gold,
    fits it with silver chains.[a](A)
20 Is mulberry wood the offering?
    A skilled artisan picks out
    a wood that will not rot,
    Seeks to set up for himself
    an idol that will not totter.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 40:19 Chains: needed to hold the idol steady when carried in processions; cf. v. 20; Jer 10:4.