15 See, nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine dust.
16 And Leḇanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before Him are as a non-entity, and they are reckoned by Him as less than a speck, and emptiness.
18 And to whom would you liken Ěl? And what likeness would you compare to Him?
19 The workman moulds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains.
20 He who is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that does not rot. He seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to prepare a carved image that does not totter.
21 Did you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?