Isaiah 46:5

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To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
  • Isa 40:25 : 25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.
  • Jer 10:6-7 : 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Phil 2:6 : 6 who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
  • Ps 86:8 : 8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can compare to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings,
  • Ps 89:8 : 8 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies! Who is strong like you, O LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
  • Ps 113:5 : 5 Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

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  • Isa 40:25
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    25“To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One.

  • Isa 40:18-19
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    18To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?

    19A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

  • Isa 46:3-4
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    3“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.

    4Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you.

  • Isa 46:6-7
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    6Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

  • Isa 46:9
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    9Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,

  • Isa 44:6-8
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    6The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

    7Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me– since I established an ancient people– let them announce future events!

    8Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

  • Ps 89:6
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    6For who in the skies can compare to the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings,

  • Ps 113:5
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    5Who can compare to the LORD our God, who sits on a high throne?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

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    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

  • Isa 45:5
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    5I am the LORD, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

  • Isa 45:11
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    11This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come:“How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands!

  • Isa 44:10
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    10Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

  • Isa 45:21
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    21Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the LORD? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me.

  • Isa 45:9
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    9The Lord Gives a Warning One who argues with his Creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter,“What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”

  • Exod 15:11
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    11Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?

  • Jer 10:6
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    6I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power.

  • Isa 48:11-12
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    11For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!

    12Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

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    2“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes:“‘Who are you like in your greatness?

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    8The Lord Intervenes I am the LORD! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

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    23Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

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    10All of them respond to you, saying:‘You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

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    13From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”

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    3He said to me,“You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”

  • Ps 86:8
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    8None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!

  • Job 33:6
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    6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

  • Ps 115:8
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    8Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

  • 2 Kgs 19:22
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    22Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

  • Jer 2:5
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    5This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

  • Isa 57:11
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    11Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.

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    18Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

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    10You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.

    11I, I am the LORD, and there is no deliverer besides me.

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    3“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

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    21the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”

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    12“I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

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    19Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

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    17Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

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    12The Lord is Incomparable Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

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    50Did my hand not make all these things?’

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    20O LORD, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!

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    14I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!”