A moment in scripture
Isaiah 40:17
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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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The surrounding passage
- 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.
- Isaiah 40:16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Isaiah 40:19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.