Isaia 40:16

16 Il libano non basterebbe a procurar il fuoco, e i suoi animali 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 Chi ha egli consultato perché gli desse istruzione e gl’insegnasse il sentiero della giustizia, gl’impartisse la sapienza, e gli facesse conoscere la via del discernimento?

15 Ecco, le nazioni sono, agli occhi suoi, come una gocciola della secchia, come la polvere minuta delle bilance; ecco, le isole son come pulviscolo che vola.

16 Il libano non basterebbe a procurar il fuoco, e i suoi animali non basterebbero per l’olocausto.

17 Tutte le nazioni son come nulla dinanzi a lui; ei le reputa meno che nulla, una vanità.

18 A chi vorreste voi assomigliare Iddio? e con quale immagine lo rappresentereste?