Isaiah 40:12-26
1599 Geneva Bible
12 Who hath measured the waters in his [a]fist? and counted heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed the mountains in a weight, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who hath instructed the spirit of the Lord? or was [b]his counselor, or taught him?
14 Of whom took the counsel, and who instructed him and taught him in the way of judgment? or taught him knowledge, and showed unto him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: behold, he taketh away the isles as a little dust.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before him are as [c]nothing, and they are counted to him, less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then [d]will ye liken God? or what similitude will ye set up unto him?
19 The workman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in gold, or the goldsmith maketh silver plates.
20 Doth not [e]the poor choose out a tree that will not rot, for an oblation? he seeketh also unto him a cunning workman, to prepare an image that shall not be moved.
21 Know ye nothing? have ye not heard [f]it? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood it by the [g]foundation of the earth?
22 He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.
23 He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the judges of the earth, as vanity,
24 As though they were not planted, as though they were not sown, as though their stock took no root in the earth: for he did even [h]blow upon them, and they withered, and the whirlwind will take them away as stubble.
25 To whom now will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, and bringeth [i]out their armies by number, and calleth them all by names: by the greatness of his power and mighty strength nothing faileth.
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- Isaiah 40:12 Declaring that as God only hath all power, so doth he use the same for the defense and maintenance of his Church.
- Isaiah 40:13 He showeth God’s infinite wisdom for the same.
- Isaiah 40:17 He speaketh all this to the intent that they should neither fear man nor put their trust in any, save only in God.
- Isaiah 40:18 Hereby he armeth them against the idolatry, wherewith they should be tempted in Babylon.
- Isaiah 40:20 He showeth the rage of the idolaters, seeing that the poor that have not to suffice their own necessities, will defraud themselves to serve their idols.
- Isaiah 40:21 Have ye not the word of God, which plainly condemneth idolatry?
- Isaiah 40:21 Can you not learn by the visible creatures whom God hath made to observe your use, that you should not serve them nor worship them?
- Isaiah 40:24 So that his power appeareth in every place wheresoever we turn our eyes.
- Isaiah 40:26 Who hath set in order the infinite number of the stars.
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