Isaia 40:16

16 E il Libano non basterebbe per lo fuoco, e le bestie che sono in quello non basterebbero per l’olocausto.

Isaia 40:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn
The trees of it, as the Targum; these are not sufficient to burn a sacrifice with, suitable to the dignity and majesty of God, and as his justice can require for offences committed: nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering,
though it was a mountain and forest which abounded with trees, and especially cedars, and there was a great quantity of cattle in it, yet neither were sufficient to furnish out a proper burnt offering to the Lord; he only himself could provide a Lamb sufficient for a burnt offering, and he has done it, the only begotten Son of God; he has offered himself an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet smelling savour, by which he has put away sin, and made full atonement for it, Jarchi thinks this is said to aggravate the sins of men, of the wicked, which were so great, that Lebanon with all its wood and cattle could not furnish out a sacrifice sufficient to expiate them.

Isaia 40:16 In-Context

14 Con chi si è egli consigliato, e chi l’ha avvisato, o chi l’ha ammaestrato nel sentier del giudicio? e chi gli ha insegnata scienza, o mostrata la via degl’intendimenti?
15 Ecco, le genti sono come una gocciola della secchia, e son reputate come la polvere minuta delle bilance; ecco, egli può trasportar le isole di luogo in luogo, come polvere minuta.
16 E il Libano non basterebbe per lo fuoco, e le bestie che sono in quello non basterebbero per l’olocausto.
17 Tutte le genti sono come un niente nel suo cospetto; son da lui reputate men di nulla, e per una vanità.
18 Ed a cui assomigliereste Iddio, e qual sembianza gli adattereste?
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