^18 (A)To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
¹⁹ As for the ^[a](B)idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith ^(C)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
²⁰ He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a ^(D)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To ^[b]prepare ^[c]an idol that ^(E)will not totter.

^21 (F)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(G)from the foundations of the earth?