Isaiah 40:17

“All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.”

"All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." - Isaiah 40:17
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What does Isaiah 40:17 mean?

Isaiah 40:17 in the King James Version reads, "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of Isaiah in which the prophet Isaiah delivers a message of comfort and hope to…

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The Majesty of God: A Perspective on Nations and Vanity

Isaiah 40:17 states, "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." This verse, nestled in a powerful chapter that exalts the greatness of God, invites us to reflect on our understanding of human significance within the grand…

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A Prayer of Reverence and Humility Before the Sovereign God

O Sovereign Lord, the Eternal Creator, we come before You today with hearts filled with awe and reverence for Your greatness. In your Word, Isaiah 40:17 reminds us, "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." What a…

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Isaiah 40:23 - "That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."
Isaiah 40:16 - "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering."
Isaiah 40:1 - "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."
2 Kings 17:40 - "Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner."
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 40:19 - "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."
Job 40:17 - "He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together."
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 40:17 - "¶ And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up."
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."
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
Genesis 40:17 - "And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head."
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:"