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Isaiah 40:15 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Isaiah 40:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 40 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.”
Isaiah 40:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 40:15
The proportional imagery is staggering: all nations are like a drop from a bucket ('mar' - a single drop) and dust on scales (imperceptible weight) to God. This radically relativizes human power and politics—even mighty empires are infinitesimal before God's greatness. The Hebrew 'mishqal' (weight) suggests nations don't even register on God's scales of significance.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 40:15
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“and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain”
“and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles”
“If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath”
“from Egypt”
“and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes”
“and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach”
“everyone after his language”
“accordingly he will repay”
“for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him”
“and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes”