Isaiah 40:15-17

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵ The nations are only a drop in a bucket to him.
    He considers them as nothing but dust on the scales.
    He weighs the islands as if they were only fine dust.
¹⁶ Lebanon doesn’t have enough trees to keep his altar fires burning.
    It doesn’t have enough animals to sacrifice as burnt offerings to him.
¹⁷ To him, all the nations don’t amount to anything.
    He considers them to be worthless.
    In fact, they are less than nothing in his sight.