Isaiah 40:18–25

¹⁸To whom then will you ^qliken God?

Or what likeness will you compare to Him?

^19rThe workman molds an image,

The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,

And the silversmith casts silver chains.

²⁰Whoever is too impoverished for such ⁹a contribution

Chooses a tree that will not rot;

He seeks for himself a skillful workman

^sTo prepare a carved image that will not totter.

^21tHave you not known?

Have you not heard?

Has it not been told you from the beginning?

Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

²²It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,

And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,

Who ^ustretches out the heavens like a curtain,

And spreads them out like a ^vtent to dwell in.

²³He ¹brings the ^wprinces to nothing;

He makes the judges of the earth useless.

²⁴Scarcely shall they be planted,

Scarcely shall they be sown,

Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,

When He will also blow on them,

And they will wither,

And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.

²⁵“To ^xwhom then will you liken Me,

Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.