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Isaias 40:16-21 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

16. And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17. All nations are before him as if they had no being at all, and are counted to him as nothing, and vanity.

18. To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him?

19. Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

20. He hath chosen strong wood, and that will not rot: the skilful workman seeketh how he may set up an idol that may not be moved.

21. Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?

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