A moment in scripture
Isaiah 40:15
"
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.
"
The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 40:13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- Isaiah 40:14
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?
- Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.