16 Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice;its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.
17 All the nations are insignificant before him;they are regarded as absolutely nothing.
18 To whom can you compare God?To what image can you liken him?
19 A craftsman casts an idol;a metalsmith overlays it with goldand forges silver chains for it.
20 To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot;he then seeks a skilled craftsmanto make an idol that will not fall over.
21 Do you not know?Do you not hear?Has it not been told to you since the very beginning?Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?
22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon;its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him.He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain,and spreads it out like a pitched tent.