25 To whom now will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, and bringeth [a]out their armies by number, and calleth them all by names: by the greatness of his power and mighty strength nothing faileth.

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest O Israel, [b]My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over of my God?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:26 Who hath set in order the infinite number of the stars.
  2. Isaiah 40:27 He rebuketh the Jews, because they did not rest on the providence of God, but thought that he had forsaken them in their troubles.

25 “To whom will you compare me?(A)
    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(B)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(C)
    Who created(D) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(E) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(F)
    not one of them is missing.(G)

27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
    Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
    my cause is disregarded by my God”?(H)

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