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.

21 (B)Do you not know? Do you not hear?
    Has it not been told you from the beginning?
    Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are (C)like grasshoppers;
(D)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:20 Or He chooses valuable wood

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