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    Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
    • 19, 20. To emphasize the greatness of Jehovah, Isaiah uses what graphic word pictures?

      19 What about the mighty nations of the earth​—can they resist God as he fulfills his word of promise? Isaiah answers by describing the nations as follows: “Look! The nations are as a drop from a bucket; and as the film of dust on the scales they have been accounted. Look! He lifts the islands themselves as mere fine dust.

  • “Comfort My People”
    Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
    • Isaiah 40:15

  • “Comfort My People”
    Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
    • 20 To Jehovah, entire nations are as a drop of water falling from a bucket. They are no more than the fine dust that accumulates on a scale, without effect.c

  • “Comfort My People”
    Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
    • c The Expositor’s Bible Commentary notes: “Near Eastern marketplace commerce would take no account of the minute water drop in the measuring bucket or a little dust on the scales when meat or fruit was weighed.”

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