19 <poetry>As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, <indent>and a goldsmith overlays it with gold </indent> <indent>and fashions silver chains for it.</indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>A person too poor to present such an offering <indent>selects wood that will not rot;</indent> they look for a skilled worker <indent>to set up an idol that will not topple. </indent><poetry></poetry>

As for an idol,<cr>1</cr> a metalworker casts it, <indent>and a goldsmith<cr>2</cr> overlays it with gold<cr>3</cr> </indent> <indent>and fashions silver chains for it.</indent>

Isaiah 40:19

A person too poor to present such an offering <indent>selects wood<cr>1</cr> that will not rot;</indent> they look for a skilled worker <indent>to set up an idol<cr>2</cr> that will not topple.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Isaiah 40:20

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

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Isaiah 40:19-20 NIV

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