Isaías 40:16

16 Nem todo o Líbano basta para o fogo, nem os seus animais bastam para um holocausto.

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 Com quem tomou ele conselho, para que lhe desse entendimento, e quem lhe mostrou a vereda do juízo? quem lhe ensinou conhecimento, e lhe mostrou o caminho de entendimento?

15 Eis que as nações são consideradas por ele como a gota dum balde, e como o pó miúdo das balanças; eis que ele levanta as ilhas como a uma coisa pequeníssima.

16 Nem todo o Líbano basta para o fogo, nem os seus animais bastam para um holocausto.

17 Todas as nações são como nada perante ele; são por ele reputadas menos do que nada, e como coisa vã.

18 A quem, pois, podeis assemelhar a Deus? ou que figura podeis comparar a ele?