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16 And Lebanon is not enough to light a fire,
    and its animals[a] not enough for a burnt offering.
17 All the nations are like nothing before him;
    they are counted by him as[b] nothing and emptiness.
18 And to whom will you liken God?
    And to what likeness will you compare him?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:16 Hebrew “animal”
  2. Isaiah 40:17 Or “from”

16 Lebanon(A) is not sufficient for altar fires,
    nor its animals(B) enough for burnt offerings.
17 Before him all the nations(C) are as nothing;(D)
    they are regarded by him as worthless
    and less than nothing.(E)

18 With whom, then, will you compare God?(F)
    To what image(G) will you liken him?

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