Isaiah 40:19-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁹ As for the ^[a](A)idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith ^(B)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
²⁰ He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a ^(C)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To ^[b]prepare ^[c]an idol that ^(D)will not totter.

^21 (E)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(F)from the foundations of the earth?