20  ^zHe who is too impoverished for an offering

chooses wood¹ that will not rot;

he seeks out a skillful craftsman

to set up an idol that will not move.

20  ^b“Assemble yourselves and come;

draw near together,

you survivors of the nations!

^cThey have no knowledge

who ^dcarry about their wooden idols,

^eand keep on praying to a god

that cannot save.