Isaiah 40:16

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.

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

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Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

What does Isaiah 40:16 mean?

Isaiah 40:16 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include לְבָנוֹן (Lᵉbânôwn), אַיִן (ʼayin), דַּי (day).

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And

LebanonלְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

notאַיִןʼayin/ah'-yin/H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

sufficientדַּיday/dahee/H1767enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases

burn,בָּעַרbâʻar/baw-ar'/H1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish

nor

the

beastsחַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

thereof

sufficientדַּיday/dahee/H1767enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases

for

burnt

offering.עֹלָהʻôlâh/o-law'/H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

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What does Isaiah 40:16 say?

Isaiah 40:16 (King James Version) reads: "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering."

Is Isaiah 40:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 40:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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