46:5
“To whom will you compare me ...” This is closely related to the second of the ten commandments, “You shall not make for yourself an image ..” (Ex 19:4). God is infinitely greater than everything else. Everything else was created by Him and for Him. There is nothing that He can be compared to, for everything falls so far short. There is no comparison. So when we seek to make a comparison we inevitable misrepresent God.
46:6,7
God then gives another withering attack on idols and those who make them, pointing out the futility of it all. What happens? Some men pour out gold, others weight out silver. They hire a goldsmith to make an idol, and then they bow down to worship this idol. After that they have to carry the idol to its place. And after that it cannot move, it cannot speak, it cannot hear. How does this compare to God? For God created us, we did not create Him. That is why it is good and proper to worship God.
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