Holy Scripture
Isaiah 40:19
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 18 and following) To whom then will you liken God, or what image will you set before Him? Can the craftsman make a graven image, or the goldsmith overlay it with gold, and the silversmith spread silver plates upon it? Or perhaps the skilled craftsman chooses a piece of wood that will not rot and seeks out a pro…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilded it over, and made it a similitude?
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In context
17and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
18To whom have ye compared the Lord? and with what likeness have ye compared him?
— Isaiah 40:19 —
20For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely inquire how he shall set up his image, and that so that it should not be moved.
21Will ye not know? will ye not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have ye not known the foundations of the earth?