13 Who hath meted out the Spirit of the Lord, and, as the man of his counsel, made him to know;

14 With whom took he counsel, and he caused him to discern, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him know- ledge, and made him to know the way of discernment?

9. Or, ‘0 Zion that bringest good tidings:...O Jerusalem, that bringest... C10. Or will come with ’ (requires alteration of vowel-points). diff. word from that in ver. 9.12, 13. ‘meted ’: or, ‘determined.

15 Behold, nations (are) as a drop from a bucket, and are counted as a grain on the scales: behold, he will lift up the isles as ﬁne dust.

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient for burning, nor its beasts sufficient for (a burnt) sacrifice.

17 All the nations are as nothing before him, and are counted to him as of nought, and waste. ’

18 And to whom will ye liken God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?

19 The graven image, a craftsman melteth it, and the smelter] ’covereth it with gold, and smelteth silver chains.

20 He that is impoverished as to an offering chooseth a tree that will not rot: he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman, to set up a graven image, that will not totter.

21 Do ye not know? do ye not hear? hath it not been told to you from the beginning? have ye not discerned from the founda- ’of the earth?

22 He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants habitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as ﬁne gauze, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

23 That giveth over chiefs to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as waste.

24 Yea, they have not been planted, yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth; and he - even bloweth upon them, and they wither, and a whirlwind taketh ’ - them away as stubble.

25 To whom then will ye liken me, and I shall be equal to him? saith the Holy One.

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these? he who bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name, from the greatness of his might, and being strong in power: not one is missing.

15. ‘isles’: or, ‘coast-lands’; or, ‘countries’; and so xli. 1, c17. Or, ‘as less than nought.21. Or, ‘Will ye not know? will ye not ’ Or, ‘have ye not discerned the ‘ (against accents).26. Lit. ‘not a man is missing.

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment will pass away from my God?

28 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard? an everlasting God is the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth; he fainteth not, neither is—there is no searching of his—

29 Giving power to the weary; and to the powerless he in- ’ creaseth strength. ’

30 And youths faint and are weary, and young men stumble:

31 But they that wait for the LORD shall renew strength; they ’shall lift up wings like the eagles: they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

XLI. 1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and the peoples shall renew strength; let them come near, then let them speak; let us draw near together to judgment.