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Read Full Chapter (Isaiah 40) Isaiah 40:15-16 KJV
"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. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering."
Isaiah Chapter 40, Verse 15-16
Isaiah 40:15-16 in Context (Verses 12–19 KJV)
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¶ 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?*
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Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?*
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With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?**
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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.
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And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.