Passage

Who could be compared with God?

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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⁵“To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?

Isaiah 46:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

God asks whom the listeners would consider his equal or compare with him.

To understand

The preceding line describes God carrying the people into old age. The following line describes people paying a craftsman to make a god from gold and silver, then worshiping it.

A question

How do the actions of carrying and making frame the question about comparison?