(A)They decorate it with silver and gold;
    (B)they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so that it cannot move.

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(A)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
    they set it in its place, and it stands there;
    (B)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
    or save him from his trouble.

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19 (A)An idol! A craftsman casts it,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
    and casts for it silver chains.
20 (B)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

12 (A)The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

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Everyone helps his neighbor
    and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
(A)The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
    and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
    and they strengthen it with nails (B)so that it cannot be moved.

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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.

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