Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, || Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

In Context

15Behold, nations [are] as a drop from a bucket, || And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance, || Behold, He takes up islands as a small thing.

17All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, || Less than nothing and emptiness, || They have been reckoned to Him.

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and present You have not desired, || But a body You have prepared for me, || Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked.

Micah 6:6With what do I come before YHWH? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves—sons of a year?

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 →

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