Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, and shall be counted as spittle?

17and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, 1 When shall he die, and his name perish? 1

Micah 6:6Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole burnt offerings, by calves of a year old?

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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