Isaiah 40:18–31

^18tTo whom then will ye liken God?

Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

^19uThe workman melteth a graven image,

And ^xthe goldsmith ^yspreadeth it over with gold,

And casteth silver chains.

²⁰He that ^†is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot;

He seeketh unto him a cunning workman

To prepare a graven image, ^zthat shall not be moved.

^21aHave ye not known? have ye not heard?

Hath it not been told you from the beginning?

^aHave ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

^22||It is he that sitteth upon ^bthe circle of the earth,

And the inhabitants thereof are ^cas grasshoppers;

^dThat stretcheth out the heavens ^eas a curtain,

And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

^23fThat bringeth the princes to ^gnothing;

He maketh the judges of the earth as ^gvanity.

²⁴Yea, they shall not be planted;

Yea, they shall not be sown:

Yea, their ^hstock shall not take root in the earth:

And he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither,

And ⁱthe whirlwind shall take them away ^kas stubble.

^25lTo whom then will ye ^mliken me, or ^mshall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

^26mmLift up your eyes on high,

And behold who hath created these things,

ⁿThat bringeth out their host by number:

^oHe calleth them all by names

By ^pthe greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;

^qNot one faileth.

²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel,

^rMy way is hid from the Lord,

And ^smy judgment is passed over from my God?

^28aHast thou not known? ^ahast thou not heard,

That the everlasting God, the Lord,

The Creator of the ends of the earth,

Fainteth not, neither is weary?

^ptThere is no searching of his understanding.

²⁹He giveth power to the faint;

And to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall:

³¹But ^uthey that wait upon the Lord ^vwshall ^†renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings ^wxas eagles;

They shall run, and not be weary;

And they shall walk, and not faint.