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17 All the nations are as nothing before him—
    they are reckoned by him as[a] nothing and chaos.

18 “To whom, then, will you compare me,[b] the One who is[c] God?
    Or to what image will you liken me?[d]
19 To an idol? A craftsman makes[e] the image,
    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
        and casts silver chains.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:17 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads as less than
  2. Isaiah 40:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack me
  3. Isaiah 40:18 1QIsaa LXX MT lack the One who is
  4. Isaiah 40:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read him
  5. Isaiah 40:19 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads casts