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)

²⁶ Who told of this from the beginning,^(A) so we could know,
    or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
    no one foretold^(B) it,
    no one heard any words^(C) from you.

²⁸ I look but there is no one^(A)—
    no one among the gods to give counsel,^(B)
    no one to give answer^(C) when I ask them.

¹⁷ From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.^(A)
He prays^(B) to it and says,
    “Save^(C) me! You are my god!”

²⁰ “Gather together^(A) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant^(B) are those who carry^(C) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.^(D)