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Isaiah 40:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 40:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 An idol? A workman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.(A)
20 As a gift one chooses mulberry wood[a]
—wood that will not rot—
then seeks out a skilled artisan
to set up an image that will not topple.(B)
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(C)
Footnotes
- 40.20 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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