Isaías 40:16

16 El Líbano no basta para el fuego, ni bastan sus bestias para el 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 ¿A quién pidió consejo y quién le dio entendimiento? ¿Quién le instruyó en la senda de la justicia, le enseñó conocimiento, y le mostró el camino de la inteligencia?

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?