Isaiah 40:16

Levanon is not sufficient to burn, 1 nor the beasts thereof sufficient for an olah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Surely the Goyim are like a drop in a bucket, 1 and are accounted as dust of the scales; 1 surely He taketh up the iyim (islands) like fine dust. 1

17Kol HaGoyim before Him are as nothing; 1 and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and tohu. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6Many, O Hashem Elohai, 1 are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, 1 and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward; 1 they cannot be recounted unto Thee; 1 if I would declare and speak of them, 1 they are more than can be numbered. 1

Micah 6:6With what shall I come before Hashem, 1 and bow myself before Elohei Marom (G-d on High)? 1 Shall I come before Him with olot (burnt offerings), 1 with calves a year old? 1

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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