Isaiah 40:18-26

¹⁸ To whom then will you liken God ? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? ¹⁹ As for the idol , a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold , And a silversmith fashions chains of silver . ²⁰ He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot ; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter . ²¹ Do you not know ? Have you not heard ? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning ? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth ? ²² It is He who sits above the circle of the earth , And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers , Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. ²³ He it is who reduces rulers to nothing , Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless . ²⁴ Scarcely e have they been planted , Scarcely e have they been sown , Scarcely e has their stock taken root in the earth , But He merely blows on them, and they wither , And the storm carries them away like stubble . ²⁵ " To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal ?" says the Holy One . ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number , He calls them all by name ; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power , Not one of them is missing .