18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? 19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? 20 To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?
Isaiah 40:18–20
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Isaiah 44:9–11
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Isaiah 46:4–6
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Isaiah 40:24–26
24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. 25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One. 26 L…
Jeremiah 16:19–21
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Sirach 30:18–20
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Jeremiah 2:10–12
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this: 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless id…
Jeremiah 51:16–18
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