(Isaiah 40:12-17)
Can anyone measure the ocean by handfuls
or measure the sky with his hands?
Can anyone hold the soil of the earth in a cup
or weigh the mountains and hills on scales?
Can anyone tell the Lord what to do?
Who can teach him or give him advice?
With whom does God consult in order
to know and understand and to learn
how things should be done?
To the Lord the nations are nothing,
no more than a drop of water;
the distant islands are as light as dust.
All the animals in the forests of Lebanon
are not enough for a sacrifice to our God,
and its trees are too few to kindle the fire.
The nations are nothing at all to him.
Can anyone measure the ocean by handfuls
or measure the sky with his hands?
Can anyone hold the soil of the earth in a cup
or weigh the mountains and hills on scales?
Can anyone tell the Lord what to do?
Who can teach him or give him advice?
With whom does God consult in order
to know and understand and to learn
how things should be done?
To the Lord the nations are nothing,
no more than a drop of water;
the distant islands are as light as dust.
All the animals in the forests of Lebanon
are not enough for a sacrifice to our God,
and its trees are too few to kindle the fire.
The nations are nothing at all to him.
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