Isaiah 46:5
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
BSB
ASV
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
KJV
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
To whom will ye liken me - (see the notes at Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25). The design of this and the following verses is to show the folly of idolatry, and the vanity of trusting in idols. This is a subject that the prophet often dwells on. The argument here is derived from the fact that the idols of Babylon were unable to defend the city, and were themselves carried away in triumph Isa 46:1-
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
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“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
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Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
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For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
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There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
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Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
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There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Isaiah 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
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To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
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Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
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O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
