14. With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of right-ruling? Who taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding?
15. See, nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the balance. See, He lifts up isles as fine dust.
16. And Leḇanon is not enough to burn, nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
17. All nations before Him are as a non-entity, and they are reckoned by Him as less than a speck, and emptiness.
18. And to whom would you liken Ěl? And what likeness would you compare to Him?
19. The workman moulds a graven image, and the goldsmith overspreads it with gold, and the silversmith casts silver chains.
20. He who is too poor for such an offering chooses a tree that does not rot. He seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to prepare a carved image that does not totter.