Isaiah 40:18-26

18To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

19A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

20To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

22He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

23He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

24Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

25“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

26Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.