Holy Scripture
Isaiah 40:17
A church father on this verse
“He teaches, therefore, that all of this service through blood and sacrifice is no longer appropriate for God. Neither someone offering all the four-footed creatures of the earth nor all of Lebanon and all the matter produced in it as sacrifices would be worthy before God. "All the nations are as nothing, and are recko…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
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15since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, and shall be counted as spittle?
16And Lebanon is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:
— Isaiah 40:17 —
18To whom have ye compared the Lord? and with what likeness have ye compared him?
19Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilded it over, and made it a similitude?