Isaías 40:17

17 Todas las naciones ante El son como nada, menos que nada e insignificantes son consideradas por El.

Isaías 40:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:17

All nations before him are as nothing
As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nations; who are all in his sight, and are not only as grasshoppers, as is after mentioned, but even as nothing: and they are counted to him as less than nothing, and vanity;
if there is or could be such a thing less than nothing, that they are; and so they are accounted of by him; they are like the chaos out of which the earth was formed, when it was "tohu" and "bohu", the first of which words is used here; this serves to humble the pride of men, and to lessen the glory of the nations, and the inhabitants of them.

Isaías 40:17 In-Context

15 He aquí, las naciones son como gota en un cubo, y son estimadas como grano de polvo en la balanza; he aquí, El levanta las islas como al polvo fino.

16 El Líbano no basta para el fuego, ni bastan sus bestias para el holocausto.

17 Todas las naciones ante El son como nada, menos que nada e insignificantes son consideradas por El.

18 ¿A quién, pues, asemejaréis a Dios, o con qué semejanza le compararéis?

19 El artífice funde el ídolo, el orfebre lo recubre de oro y el platero le hace cadenas de plata.