Isaiah 40:18–31

¹⁸And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? ¹⁹The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. ²⁰He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image—not moved. ²¹Do ye not know—do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood From the foundations of the earth? ²²He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in. ²³He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made; ²⁴Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away. ²⁵And unto whom do ye liken Me, And am I equal? saith the Holy One. ²⁶Lift up on high your eyes, And see—who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And he is strong in power) not one is lacking.

²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? ‘My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.’ ²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age—Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. ²⁹He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. ³⁰Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, ³¹But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Chapter 41