¹⁸ With whom, then, will you compare God?^(A)
    To what image^(B) will you liken him?

⁷ The metalworker^(A) encourages the goldsmith,^(B)
    and the one who smooths with the hammer
    spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
    The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.^(C)

²⁹ See, they are all false!
    Their deeds amount to nothing;^(A)
    their images^(B) are but wind^(C) and confusion.

⁹ “Woe to those who quarrel^(A) with their Maker,^(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds^(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,^(D)
    ‘What are you making?’^(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?^(F)

⁵ “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
    To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?^(A)