17   All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
gowy¹⁴⁷¹ chashab²⁸⁰³ 'ephec⁶⁵⁷ tohuw⁸⁴¹⁴

18   To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
damah¹⁸¹⁹ 'el⁴¹⁰ dmuwth¹⁸²³ `arak⁶¹⁸⁶

19   The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
charash²⁷⁹⁶ nacak⁵²⁵⁸ pecel⁶⁴⁵⁹ tsaraph⁶⁸⁸⁴ raqa`⁷⁵⁵⁴ zahab²⁰⁹¹ tsaraph⁶⁸⁸⁴ keceph³⁷⁰¹ rthuqah⁷⁵⁷⁷

20   He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
cakan⁵⁵³³ truwmah⁸⁶⁴¹ bachar⁹⁷⁷ `ets⁶⁰⁸⁶ raqab⁷⁵³⁷ baqash¹²⁴⁵ chakam²⁴⁵⁰ charash²⁷⁹⁶ kuwn³⁵⁵⁹ pecel⁶⁴⁵⁹ mowt⁴¹³¹

21   Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
yada`<sup>3045</sup> shama`⁸⁰⁸⁵ nagad⁵⁰⁴⁶ ro'sh⁷²¹⁸ biyn⁹⁹⁵ mowcadah⁴¹⁴⁶ 'erets⁷⁷⁶

22   It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
yashab³⁴²⁷ chuwg²³²⁹ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ yashab³⁴²⁷ chagab²²⁸⁴ natah⁵¹⁸⁶ shamayim⁸⁰⁶⁴ doq¹⁸⁵² mathach⁴⁹⁶⁹ 'ohel¹⁶⁸ yashab³⁴²⁷

23   That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ razan⁷³³⁶ `asah⁶²¹³ shaphat⁸¹⁹⁹ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ tohuw⁸⁴¹⁴

24   Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
nata`<sup>5193</sup> zara`²²³² geza'¹⁵⁰³ sharash⁸³²⁷ 'erets⁷⁷⁶ nashaph⁵³⁹⁸ yabesh³⁰⁰¹ ca`ar⁵⁵⁹¹ nasa'⁵³⁷⁵ qash⁷¹⁷⁹

25   To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
damah¹⁸¹⁹ shavah⁷⁷³⁷ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ qadowsh⁶⁹¹⁸