15. Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,and valued as dust on a scale.Look, God weighs the islands like fine dust.
16. Lebanon doesn’t have enough fuel;its animals aren’t enough for an entirely burned offering.
17. All the nations are like nothing before God.They are viewed as less than nothing and emptiness.
18. So to whom will you equate God;to what likeness will you compare him?
19. An idol? A craftsman pours it,a metalworker covers it with gold,and fashions silver chains.
20. The one who sets up an image chooses wood that won’t rotand then seeks a skilled artisanto set up an idol that won’t move.
21. Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard?Wasn’t it announced to you from the beginning?Haven’t you understood since the earth was founded?