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19 Craftsmen make idols.
    Goldsmiths cover them with gold.
        Silversmiths make silver chains for them.
20 The poorest people choose wood that will not rot
    and search out skillful craftsmen
        to set up idols that will not fall over.
21 Don’t you know?
    Haven’t you heard?
        Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
            Don’t you understand the foundations of the earth?

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19 As for an idol,(A) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith(B) overlays it with gold(C)
    and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood(D) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol(E) that will not topple.(F)

21 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(G)
Has it not been told(H) you from the beginning?(I)
    Have you not understood(J) since the earth was founded?(K)

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