^{15 Ref} Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

^{16 Ref} And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

^{17 Ref} All the nations are as nothing before him; they are accounted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.

^{18 Ref} To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

^{15 Ref} See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.

^{16 Ref} And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.

^{17 Ref} All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

^{18 Ref} Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?