Sermons citing Isaiah 40:12–26

^40:14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

^40:15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

^40:16 Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

^40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

^40:18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

^40:19 To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

^40:20 One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

^40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?

^40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

^40:23 He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

^40:24 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.

^40:25 “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

^40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.