Isaiah 40:18 (WEB)
To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
Fathers and councils · 6
Gregory of Nyssa
“…in Whom are all things, Who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and hath meted out heaven with the span, Who measureth the water in the hollow of his hand, Who holdeth in His hand all things that are, Who dwelleth on high and looketh upon the things that are lowly, or rather did look upon them to make all the…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xl. 12–22.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Has not the artificer made the image, or the goldsmith melted the gold and plated it with gold?”—and so on.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 18, 19.
Read the whole comment“And the Socratic Antisthenes, paraphrasing that prophetic utterance, “To whom have ye likened me? saith the Lord,” says that “God is like no one; wherefore no one can come to the knowledge of Him from an image.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 18, 25.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For they did not listen to the prophetic voice that reproved them (saying), ‘To what have ye likened the Lord, and with what have ye compared Him?’ neither to David, who prayed concerning such as these, and sang, ‘All those that make them are like unto them, and all those who put their trust in them.’” — editor's note: Is. xl. 18.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“What is the place of his rest? and to whom shall he be likened?” — editor's note: Ib. xl. 18, 25.
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Tertullian
“Nature itself, therefore, if not an Isaiah, or rather God speaking by Isaiah, will deprecatingly ask, “To whom will ye liken me?”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 18, 25.
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