13. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,or who gave Him His counsel?
14. Who did He consult with?Who gave Him understanding and taught Him the paths of justice?Who taught Him knowledgeand showed Him the way of understanding?
15. Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
16. Lebanon is not enough for fuel,or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
17. All the nations are as nothing before Him;they are considered by Himas nothingness and emptiness.
18. Who will you compare God with?What likeness will you compare Him to?
19. To an idol? — something that a smelter casts,and a metalworker plates with goldand makes silver welds for it?
20. To one who shapes a pedestal,choosing wood that does not rot? He looks for a skilled craftsmanto set up an idol that will not fall over.
21. Do you not know? Have you not heard?Has it not been declared to youfrom the beginning?Have you not consideredthe foundations of the earth?