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Isaiah 40:13-25 (NIRV)

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13 Who can ever understand what is in the Lord's mind? Who can ever give him advice? 14 Did the Lord have to ask anyone to help him understand? Did he have to ask someone to teach him the right way? Who taught him what he knows? Who showed him how to understand? 15 The nations are only a drop in a bucket to him. He considers them as nothing but dust on the scales. He weighs the islands as if they were only fine dust. 16 Lebanon doesn't have enough trees to keep his altar fires burning. It doesn't have enough animals to sacrifice as burnt offerings to him. 17 To him, all of the nations don't amount to anything. He considers them to be worthless. In fact, they are less than nothing in his sight. 18 So who will you compare God to? Is there any other god like him? 19 Will you compare him to a statue of a god? Any skilled worker can make a statue. Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it. 20 But someone who is too poor to bring that kind of offering will choose some wood that won't rot. Then he looks for a skilled worker. He pays the worker to make a statue of a god that won't fall over. 21 Don't you know who made everything? Haven't you heard about him? Hasn't it been told to you from the beginning? Haven't you understood it ever since the earth was made? 22 God sits on his throne high above the earth. Its people look like grasshoppers to him. He spreads the heavens out like a cover. He sets it up like a tent to live in. 23 He takes the power of princes away from them. He reduces the rulers of this world to nothing. 24 They are planted. They are scattered like seeds. They put down roots in the ground. But as soon as that happens, God blows on them and they dry up. Then a windstorm sweeps them away like straw. 25 "So who will you compare me to? Who is equal to me?" says the Holy One.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 18) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - To whom, then, will you compare God?

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 14) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part II) (2013-03-06)
(v. 14) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 15) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 15) Fearing God - Infinitely Greater Than Nations (2011-07-29)
(v. 16) Fearing God - Infinitely Greater Than Nations (2011-07-29)
(v. 16) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 17) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 17) Fearing God - Infinitely Greater Than Nations (2011-07-29)
(v. 18) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 19) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 20) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 21) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 22) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 23) Fearing God - Control of Rulers (2011-07-30)
(v. 23) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 24) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 25) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 14) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)

Definition(s):
Lebanon (Leb-an-on): white, incense
So (Soh):