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Isaiah 40:17 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 40 · verse 17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.Isaiah 40:17 · King James Version
Isaiah 40:17 in context
15Behold, 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.
16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
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Key words (Strong's)
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- countedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- nothingʼepheçcessationH657 →
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The scope of these verses is to show what a great and glorious being the Lord Jehovah is, who is Israel's God and Saviour. It comes in here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17