20 (A)He who is too impoverished for an offering
    chooses wood[a] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
    to set up an idol that will not move.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood

20 (A)“Assemble yourselves and come;
    draw near together,
    you survivors of the nations!
(B)They have no knowledge
    who (C)carry about their wooden idols,
(D)and keep on praying to a god
    that cannot save.

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