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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 40 connects to 10 cross-references. The great transition in the book with the tender announcement 'Comfort, comfort my people.' A voice calls for a highway for God through the wilderness. God tends his flock like a shepherd, carrying lambs. He gives power to the faint; …
Bản dịch khác
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.
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