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## To whom then will you compare God? To what idol will you liken him? ##
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Isaiah uses questions to mock the idols that the people worship. AT: "There is no one that compares to God and no idol that can represent him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## you ##
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This is plural and refers to all of God's people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
## A craftsman casts it: the goldsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it ##
"A skilled worker forms it, another covers it with gold, and makes a silver chain for it."