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

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.20 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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)

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58 So it is better to be a king who shows his courage or a household utensil that serves its owner’s need than to be these false gods, better even the door of a house that protects its contents than these false gods, better also a wooden pillar in a palace than these false gods.(A)

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