5 “To whom will you liken me and make me equal,and compare me, that we may be alike?
6 Those who lavish gold from the purse,and weigh out silver in the scales,hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
7 They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place.If one cries to it, it does not answeror save him from his trouble.
8 “Remember this and stand firm,recall it to mind, you transgressors,
9 remember the former things of old;for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me,
10 declaring the end from the beginningand from ancient times things not yet done,saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11 calling a bird of prey from the east,the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;I have purposed, and I will do it.