5 To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?
To whom then will ye liken ùGod? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.
For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;
There is none like unto thee, Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain; for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
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Commentary on Isaiah 46 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 46
God, by the prophet here, designing shortly to deliver them out of their captivity, prepared them for that deliverance by possessing them with a detestation of idols and with a believing confidence in God, even their own God.
Isa 46:1-4
We are here told,
Isa 46:5-13
The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God.