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20 He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution
Chooses a (A)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman
To [a]prepare a graven image that (B)will not be shaken.

21 (C)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood (D)from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who [b]inhabits above the [c](E)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like (F)grasshoppers;
It is He who (G)stretches out the heavens like a (H)curtain
And spreads them out like a (I)tent to inhabit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Or set up
  2. Isaiah 40:22 Or is enthroned
  3. Isaiah 40:22 Or vault