15
Behold, the
nations are as a
drop of a
bucket, and are
counted as the small
dust of the
balance: behold, he taketh
up the
isles as a very little
thing.
.Wb'v.x,n ~Iy;n.za{m q;x;v.k.W yil.Dim r;m.K ~Iyw{G !eh ? lw{JIy q;D;K ~yiYia !eh
16
And
Lebanon is
not sufficient to
burn, nor the
beasts thereof
sufficient for a burnt
offering.
yeD !yea w{t'Y;x.w re['B yeD !yea !w{n'b.l.W ? h'lw{[
17
All
nations before him are as nothing; and they are
counted to him less than
nothing, and
vanity.
w{l -.Wb.v.x,n .Wh{t'w s,p,aem w{D.g,n !Iy;a.K ~Iyw{G;h -l'K
18
To whom then will ye
liken God? or what
likeness will ye
compare unto him?
.Wk.r;[;T t.Wm.D -h;m.W lea !.Wy.M;d.T yim -l,a.w ? w{l
19
The
workman melteth a graven
image, and the
goldsmith spreadeth it over with
gold, and
casteth silver chains.
tw{qUt.r.W .WN,[.Q;r.y b'h'Z;B @er{c.w v'r'x .$;s'n l,s,P;h ? @erw{c @,s,K
20
He that is so
impoverished that he hath no
oblation chooseth a
tree that will not
rot; he
seeketh unto him a
cunning workman to
prepare a graven
image, that shall not be
moved.
v'r'x r'x.bIy b;q.rIy -a{l #e[ h'm.Wr.T !'KUs.m;h ? jw{MIy a{l l,s,P !yik'h.l w{l -v,Q;b.y ~'k'x
21
Have ye not
known? have ye not
heard? hath it not been
told you from the
beginning? have ye not
understood from the
foundations of the
earth?
va{rem d;GUh aw{l]h .W['m.vit aw{l]h .W[.det aw{l]h ? #,r'a'h tw{d.sw{m ~,t{nyib]h aw{l]h ~,k'l
22
It is he that
sitteth upon the
circle of the
earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers; that stretcheth
out the
heavens as a
curtain, and spreadeth them
out as a
tent to dwell
in:
~yib'g]x;K 'hy,b.v{y.w #,r'a'h g.Wx -l;[ bev{Y;h ? t,b'v'l l,h{a'K ~ex'T.miY;w ~Iy;m'v q{D;k h,jw{N;h
23
That
bringeth the
princes to nothing; he
maketh the
judges of the
earth as
vanity.
.Wh{T;K #,r,a yej.p{v !Iy'a.l ~yin.zw{r !etw{N;h ? h'f'[
24
Yea, they shall not be
planted; yea, they shall not be
sown: yea, their
stock shall not take
root in the
earth: and he shall also
blow upon them, and they shall
wither, and the
whirlwind shall
take them away as
stubble.
ver{v -l;B @;a .W['r{z -l;B @;a .W['Jin -l;B @;a ? h'r'[.s.W .Wv'biY;w ~,h'B @;v'n -m;g.w ~'[.ziG #,r'a'B ? ~ea'FiT v;Q;K
25
To whom then will ye
liken me, or shall I be
equal?
saith the Holy
One.
vw{d'q r;ma{y h,w.v,a.w yin.Wy.M;d.t yim -l,a.w