Isaiah 46:5

To whom do you liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?

Literal Standard Version

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 old age, I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, || I made, and I bear, indeed, I carry and deliver.

6They are pouring out gold from a bag, || And they weigh silver on the beam, || They hire a refiner, and he makes it a god, || They fall down, indeed, they bow themselves.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who [is] like You among the gods, O YHWH? Who [is] like You—honorable in holiness—Fearful in praises—doing wonders?

Psalms 89:6For who in the sky, compares himself to YHWH? [Who] is like to YHWH among sons of the mighty?

Psalms 113:5Who [is] as our God YHWH, || He is exalting [Himself] to sit?

Isaiah 40:25And to whom do you liken Me, || And [to whom] I equal? Says the Holy One.

Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob [is] not like these, || For He [is] the Framer of all things, || And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, || YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.

Colossians 1:15who is the image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation,

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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