¹⁹ An idol? A workman casts it,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
    and casts for it silver chains.^(A)

²⁰ As a gift one chooses mulberry wood^[a]
    —wood that will not rot—
then seeks out a skilled artisan
    to set up an image that will not topple.^(A)

³ For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down
    and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;^(A)