23:040:016 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts thereof
sufficient
for a burnt offering.
23:040:017 All nations before him are as nothing;
and they are counted to
him
less than nothing, and vanity.
23:040:018 To whom then will ye liken God? or what
likeness will ye
compare
unto him?
23:040:019 The workman melteth a graven image, and
the goldsmith
spreadeth
it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
23:040:020 He that is so impoverished that he hath
no oblation chooseth a
tree
that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman
to
prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
23:040:021 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath
it not been told
you
from the beginning? have ye not understood from the
foundations
of the earth?
23:040:022 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of
the earth, and the
inhabitants
thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out
the
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent
to
dwell
in:
23:040:023 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he
maketh the judges of
the
earth as vanity.
23:040:024 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they
shall not be sown:
yea,
their stock shall not take root in the earth:
and he
shall
also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the
whirlwind
shall take them away as stubble.
23:040:025 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall
I be equal? saith the
Holy
One.
23:040:026 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who
hath created these
things,
that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth
them
all by names by the greatness of his might, for that
he
is
strong in power; not one faileth.
23:040:027 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest,
O Israel, My way is
hid
from the lord, and my judgment is passed over
from my God?
23:040:028 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting
God,
the lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth
not,
neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding.
23:040:029 He giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might
he
increaseth strength.
23:040:030 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men
shall
utterly fall:
23:040:031 But they that wait upon the lord shall
renew their strength;
they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and
not
be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
23:041:001 Keep silence before me, O islands; and
let the people renew
their
strength: let them come near; then let them speak:
let
us
come near together to judgment.


