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Isaiah 46:5

To whom would you liken me, or equate me, or compare me, or consider me to be similar?

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In The King James Version

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

In Context

4Even to your old age, I am the same. And even with your grey hairs, I will carry you. I have made you, and I will sustain you. I will carry you, and I will save you.

6You take gold from a bag, and you weigh silver on a scale, so as to hire a goldsmith to make a god. And they fall prostrate and adore.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like you in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?

Psalms 89:6In the morning, he may pass away like grass; in the morning, he may flower and pass away. In the evening, he will fall, and harden, and become dry.

Psalms 113:5What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

Isaiah 40:25“And to whom would you compare me or equate me?” says the Holy One.

Jeremiah 10:16Jacob’s portion is not like their portion. For his portion is from the One who formed all things. And Israel is the staff of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name.

Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 46:2-5

The Folly of Idolatry. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar… Read the whole commentary →

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