Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
They are regarded as dust on the scales;
He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,
Nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.
Before him all the nations are as nothing;
They are regarded by him as worthless
And less than nothing.
With whom, then, will you compare God?
To what image will you liken him?
...
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
And its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
And spreads them out like a tent to live in.
He brings princes to naught
And reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
No sooner are they planted,
No sooner are they sown,
No sooner do they take root in the ground,
Than he blows on them and they wither,
And a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
(Isaiah 40:15-25)
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