Isaiah 40
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Isaiah 40:12-22

12Who has measured the waters in the palm of His hand, or measured out heaven with a span, or calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, or weighed the mountains in scales, or the hills in a balance?

13Who can fathom the Ruach Adonai? Or instruct Him as His counselor?

14With whom did He consult, and who instructed Him? Who taught Him in the path of justice or taught Him knowledge? Who informed Him about the way of understanding?

15Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and count as a speck of dust on the scales. Behold, the islands weigh as fine dust.

16Lebanon is not enough to burn, or its animals enough for a burnt offering.

17All the nations are as nothing before Him. By Him they are accounted null and void.

18To whom then will you liken God? To what likeness will you compare Him?

19To an idol? A craftsman casts it, a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

20One too poor for such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to prepare him an idol that will not totter.

21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22He sits above the circle of the earth— its inhabitants are like grasshoppers— He stretches out the skies like a curtain, spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

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