15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: behold, he taketh away the isles as a little dust.

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

17 All nations before him are as [a]nothing, and they are counted to him, less than nothing, and vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:17 He speaketh all this to the intent that they should neither fear man nor put their trust in any, save only in God.

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