16. Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17. All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.
18. To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
19. As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
20. He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
21. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22. It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.