Isaías 40:17

17 Diante dele todas as naçõessão como nada;para ele são sem valor e menos que nada.

Isaías 40:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:17

All nations before him are as nothing
As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nations; who are all in his sight, and are not only as grasshoppers, as is after mentioned, but even as nothing: and they are counted to him as less than nothing, and vanity;
if there is or could be such a thing less than nothing, that they are; and so they are accounted of by him; they are like the chaos out of which the earth was formed, when it was "tohu" and "bohu", the first of which words is used here; this serves to humble the pride of men, and to lessen the glory of the nations, and the inhabitants of them.

Isaías 40:17 In-Context

15 Na verdade as nações são como a gota que sobra do balde;para ele são como o pó que resta na balança;para ele as ilhas não passam de um grão de areia.

16 Nem as florestas do Líbano seriam suficientes para o fogo do altar,nem os animais de lá bastariam para o holocausto.

17 Diante dele todas as naçõessão como nada;para ele são sem valor e menos que nada.

18 Com quem vocês compararão Deus?Como poderão representá-lo?

19 Com uma imagem que o artesão funde,e que o ourives cobre de ouroe para a qual modela correntes de prata?