Isaiah 40:15

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded like the dust on the scales; 1 see, he weighs the isles as a speck. 1

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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

In Context

14From whom did he ever receive instruction? Who taught him the correct way to do things, 1 and taught him knowledge, or showed to him the way of understanding? 1

16Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, 1 nor its wild animals sufficient for a burnt offering. 1

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Cross References

Job 34:14If he ever set his intentions only on himself, 1 and if he ever gathered back to himself his spirit and his breath, 1

Isaiah 11:11On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand 1 to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, 1 Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea. 1

Isaiah 40:22He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. 1 He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in. 1

Isaiah 59:18He repaid them for what they had done, angry judgment to his adversaries, vengeance to his enemies, to the islands punishment as their reward. 1

Jeremiah 10:10But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God and eternal king. 1 The earth quakes at his anger, and the nations cannot endure his anger. 1

Daniel 11:18After this, the king of the North will pay attention to the coastlands and will capture many of them. But a commander will end his arrogance and will cause his arrogance to turn back upon him.

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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