Isaiah 40:20-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 He chooses mulberry wood as an offering,[a]
wood that will not rot.
He looks for a skillful craftsman
to erect an idol that will not fall over.
21 Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood it from the founding of the earth?
22 He is the one who sits above the circle of the earth.
To him its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and he spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:20 Or the poor person chooses wood as an offering
Isaiah 40:20-22
New International Version
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood(A) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol(B) that will not topple.(C)
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(D)
Has it not been told(E) you from the beginning?(F)
Have you not understood(G) since the earth was founded?(H)
22 He sits enthroned(I) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(J)
He stretches out the heavens(K) like a canopy,(L)
and spreads them out like a tent(M) to live in.(N)
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