The word that asks, “To whom then will you liken God?”

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Entry: The word that asks, “To whom then will you liken God?” (event-isa-40-to-whom-will-you-liken-god)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/isa-40-to-whom-will-you-liken-god
Current wording: Isaiah 40:12–26: the text says, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor? Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing. Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it. He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up a carved image for him that will not be moved. Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? Haven’t you been told from the beginning? Haven’t you understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in, who brings princes to nothing, who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.” “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One. It goes on, “Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.” The Korean Revised Version reads at 40:15 섬들은 떠오르는 먼지 같으니 (the islands are like dust that rises), where WEB reads “Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing”; at 40:16 레바논 짐승들은 번제 소용에도 부족하겠고 그 삼림은 그 화목 소용에도 부족할 것이라 (the animals of Lebanon are not enough for burnt offerings, and its forest is not enough for firewood), where WEB reads “Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering”; and at 40:22 it puts the spreading out of the heavens in the past (하늘을 차일 같이 펴셨으며 거할 천막 같이 베푸셨고). The Korean Revised Version also names God at 40:24 (하나님의 부심을 받고, blown on by God) and the Lord at 40:26 (주께서는 수효대로 만상을 이끌어 내시고), where WEB reads “He merely blows on them” and “who brings out their army by number”.
Cited evidence: ISA 40:12–26, engwebp
Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending

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