Isaías 40:16

16 El Líbano no alcanza para el fuego de su altar,ni todos sus animales para los holocaustos.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 40:16 In-Context

14 ¿A quién consultó el SEÑOR para ilustrarse,y quién le enseñó el camino de la justicia?¿Quién le impartió conocimientoo le hizo conocer la senda de la inteligencia?

15 A los ojos de Dios, las naciones soncomo una gota de agua en un balde,como una brizna de polvo en una balanza.El SEÑOR pesa las islascomo si fueran polvo fino.

16 El Líbano no alcanza para el fuego de su altar,ni todos sus animales para los holocaustos.

17 Todas las naciones no son nada en su presencia;no tienen para él valor alguno.

18 ¿Con quién compararán a Dios?¿Con qué imagen lo representarán?