13. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? [Rom. 11:34.]
14. With whom did He take counsel, that instruction might be given Him? Who taught Him the path of justice and taught Him knowledge and showed Him the way of understanding?
15. Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are counted as small dust on the scales; behold, He takes up the isles like a very little thing.
16. And all Lebanon's [forests] cannot supply sufficient fuel, nor all its wild beasts furnish victims enough to burn sacrifices [worthy of the Lord].
17. All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness).
18. To whom then will you liken God? Or with what likeness will you compare Him? [Acts 17:29.]
19. The graven image! A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it.