Isaiah 46:5

To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal, and compare Me, that we may be like? Cf. Isaiah 40:18. The heaping of expressions again stresses the uniqueness of the true God, the fact that He alone merits the designation of God. How is it possible for Israel even to think of placing the true God on a level with the heathen idols after the manifestations of His power and mercy which they have witnessed? To make this thought stand out still more clearly, the vanity of the idolaters is once more described.