Verse 17
Isaiah 40:17
Literal Standard Version
17
All the nations are as nothing before Him, || Less than nothing and emptiness, || They have been reckoned to Him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כָּל הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם כְּ/אַ֣יִן נֶגְדּ֑/וֹ מֵ/אֶ֥פֶס וָ/תֹ֖הוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
All the nations are considered as nothing before him; they are regarded as emptiness and chaos.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 40 Context
1
“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God (Elohim).
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2
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, || That her warfare has been completed, || That he...
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3
A voice is crying in a wilderness: “Prepare the way of YHWH, || Make straight in a desert a highway...
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4
Every valley is raised up, || And every mountain and hill become low, || And the crooked place has b...
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5
And the glory of YHWH has been revealed, || And all flesh have seen it together, || For the mouth of...
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6
A voice is saying, “Call,” || And he said, “What do I call?” All flesh is grass, and all its goodnes...
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7
Grass has withered, the flower faded, || For the Spirit of YHWH blew on it, || Surely the people is...
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8
Grass has withered, the flower faded, || But a word of our God (Elohim) rises forever.
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9
Get up on a high mountain, O Zion, || Proclaiming tidings, || Lift up your voice with power, O Jerus...
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10
Behold, Lord YHWH comes with strength, || And His arm is ruling for Him, || Behold, His hire is with...
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11
He feeds His flock as a shepherd, || He gathers lambs with His arm, || And He carries them in His bo...
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12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, || And has meted out the heavens by a span, |...
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13
Who has meted out the Spirit of YHWH, || And being His counselor, teaches Him?
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14
With whom did He consult, || That he causes Him to understand? And teaches Him in the path of judgme...
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15
Behold, nations are as a drop from a bucket, || And have been reckoned as small dust of the balance,...
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16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, || Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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17
All the nations are as nothing before Him, || Less than nothing and emptiness, || They have been rec...
18
And to whom do you liken God (Elohim), || And what likeness do you compare to Him?
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19
An artisan has poured out the carved image, || And a refiner spreads it over with gold, || And he is...
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20
He who is poor by raised-offerings, || Chooses a tree that is not rotten, || He seeks a skillful art...
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21
Do you not know—do you not hear? Has it not been declared from the first to you? Have you not unders...
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22
He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, || And its inhabitants are as grasshoppers, || He who...
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23
He who is making princes become nothing, || Has made judges of earth formless;
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24
Indeed, they have not been planted, || Indeed, they have not been sown, || Indeed, their stock is no...
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25
And to whom do you liken Me, || And to whom I equal? Says the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high, || And see—who has created these? He who is bringing out their host by nu...
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27
Why say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way has been hid from YHWH, || And from my God (Elohim) m...
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28
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The God (Elohim) of the age—YHWH, || Preparer of the ends of...
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29
He is giving power to the weary, || And to those not strong He increases might.
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30
Even youths are wearied and fatigued, || And young men utterly stumble,
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31
But those expecting YHWH pass to power, || They raise up the pinion as eagles, || They run and are n...
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