40:19 A craftsman casts 1 an idol;
a metalsmith overlays it with gold
and forges silver chains for it.
44:10 Who forms a god and casts an idol
that will prove worthless? 2
[40:19] 1 tn Heb “pours out”; KJV “melteth.”
[44:10] 2 tn The rhetorical question is sarcastic. The sense is, “Who is foolish enough…?”