Isaiah 40:15-22

New International Version

¹⁵ Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
    they are regarded as dust on the scales;^(A)
    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.^(B)
16 Lebanon^(C) is not sufficient for altar fires,
    nor its animals^(D) enough for burnt offerings.
¹⁷ Before him all the nations^(E) are as nothing;^(F)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.^(G)

¹⁸ With whom, then, will you compare God?^(H)
    To what image^(I) will you liken him?
¹⁹ As for an idol,^(J) a metalworker casts it,
    and a goldsmith^(K) overlays it with gold^(L)
    and fashions silver chains for it.
²⁰ A person too poor to present such an offering
    selects wood^(M) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
    to set up an idol^(N) that will not topple.^(O)

²¹ Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?^(P)
Has it not been told^(Q) you from the beginning?^(R)
    Have you not understood^(S) since the earth was founded?^(T)
22 He sits enthroned^(U) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.^(V)
He stretches out the heavens^(W) like a canopy,^(X)
    and spreads them out like a tent^(Y) to live in.^(Z)