To Whom Then Will You Liken Me?

Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are accounted by him as less than nothing. And emptiness to whom then will you liken god? Or what likeness compare with him? The idol, a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains. He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will rot. He seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move. Why do you say o jacob and speak o israel? My way is hidden from the lord and my right is disregarded by my god. Have you