Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
In Context
16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
Cross References
Job 25:6how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:13-18
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord , or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the… Read the whole commentary →