Isaiah 40:18-26

Legacy Standard Bible

^18 (A)To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
¹⁹ As for the ^(B)graven images, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith ^(C)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
²⁰ He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution
Chooses a ^(D)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman
To ^[a]prepare a graven image that ^(E)will not be shaken.

^21 (F)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood ^(G)from the foundations of the earth?
²² It is He who ^[b]inhabits above the ^[c](H)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like ^(I)grasshoppers;
It is He who ^(J)stretches out the heavens like a ^(K)curtain
And spreads them out like a ^(L)tent to inhabit.
²³ It is He who reduces ^(M)rulers to nothing,
Who ^(N)makes the ^[d]judges of the earth utterly formless.
^24 [e]Scarcely have they been planted;
^[f]Scarcely have they been sown;
^[g]Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they ^[h]wither,
And the ^(O)storm carries them away like stubble.
²⁵ “^(P)To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.
^26 (Q)Lift up your eyes on high
And see ^(R)who has created these stars,
The ^(S)One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the ^(T)greatness of His vigor and the ^[i]strength of His power,
^(U)Not one of them is missing.