Isaiah 40:10–18

¹⁰Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.↗

¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.↗

¹²Who 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?↗

¹³Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?↗

¹⁴Who 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?↗

¹⁵Behold, 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.↗

¹⁶Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.↗

¹⁷All the nations are like nothing before him. They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vanity.↗

¹⁸To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?↗