Isaiah 40:16

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

"And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering." - Isaiah 40:16
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What does Isaiah 40:16 mean?

Isaiah 40:16 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering." This verse is part of the larger passage in Isaiah 40 which is often referred to as the "Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People"…

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The Sufficiency of God

Isaiah 40:16 (KJV) reads: "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering." At first glance, this verse may seem obscure or even disconnected from the broader themes of scripture. However, when we dive deeper into its meaning, we…

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The Offering of Our Hearts

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of Heaven and Earth, the One who knows every heart, I come before You today in humble reverence, seeking to understand the depth of Your Word as revealed in Isaiah 40:16: "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a…

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Isaiah 40:23 - "That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."
Isaiah 40:1 - "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."
Isaiah 40:29 - "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."
Isaiah 40:8 - "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."
Isaiah 40:25 - "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One."
Isaiah 40:30 - "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:"
Isaiah 40:18 - "¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?"
Isaiah 40:17 - "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity."
Isaiah 40:19 - "The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains."
Isaiah 40:7 - "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass."
Isaiah 40:5 - "And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."
Exodus 40:16 - "Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he."
Job 40:16 - "Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly."
Isaiah 40:3 - "¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
Acts 16:40 - "And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed."
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."
Isaiah 40:13 - "Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?" respectful, symbolic bible verse art
Isaiah 40:22 - "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"
Isaiah 40:4 - "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:"
Isaiah 40:31 - "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."