Isaiah 40:18-31

Isaiah 40:18-31

[18] To whom then will ye liken  God?  or what likeness  will ye compare  unto him? [19] The workman  melteth  a graven image,  and the goldsmith  spreadeth  it over with gold,  and casteth  silver  chains.  [20] 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.  [21] 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?  [22] 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] That bringeth  the princes  to nothing; he maketh  the judges  of the earth  as vanity.  [24] 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.  [25] To whom then will ye liken  me, or shall I be equal?  saith  the Holy One.  [26] 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.  [27] 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?  [28] 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.  [29] He giveth  power  to the faint;  and to them that have no might  he increaseth  strength.  [30] Even the youths  shall faint  and be weary,  and the young men  shall utterly  [31] 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 not faint.