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href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/40.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/40.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Lebanon <i>is</i> not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Lebanon <i>is</i> not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient <i>fuel</i> to start a fire, Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the LORD].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon is not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The cattle on the mountains of Lebanon would not be enough to offer as a sacrifice to God, and the trees would not be enough for the fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />All the trees in Lebanon are not enough to burn an offering. Its wild animals are not enough for a single burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Lebanon would not provide enough fuel, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts of it sufficient for a burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, "" Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Lebanon not enough to burn, and its beasts not enough for a burnt-offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor its animals be enough for burnt offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Lebanon would not provide fuel enough, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient for the fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not considered by him for burning and its animals are not considered by him for a burnt offering<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, Nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole-burnt offering:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/40-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8607" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/40.htm">Here is Your God!</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: ū·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">Lebanon</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="1767: dê (N-msc) -- Sufficiency, enough. Of uncertain derivation; enough, used chiefly with preposition in phrases.">sufficient</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bā·‘êr (V-Piel-Inf) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">for fuel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: wə·ḥay·yā·ṯōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">nor its animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="1767: dê (N-msc) -- Sufficiency, enough. Of uncertain derivation; enough, used chiefly with preposition in phrases.">enough</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·w·lāh (N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">for a burnt offering.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Psalm 50:10-12</a></span><br />for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. / I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. / If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">1 Kings 8:27</a></span><br />But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-25</a></span><br />The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11</a></span><br />Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-35.htm">Romans 11:35-36</a></span><br />“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” / For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/24-1.htm">Psalm 24:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4-6</a></span><br />because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. / Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.</p><p class="hdg">nor</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6</a></b></br> Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-10.htm">Psalm 60:10-12</a></b></br> <i>Wilt</i> not thou, O God, <i>which</i> hadst cast us off? and <i>thou</i>, O God, <i>which</i> didst not go out with our armies? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6,7</a></b></br> Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, <i>and</i> bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-12.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/psalms/51-19.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Fuel</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-1.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/49-8.htm">Suffice</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-18.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-20.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-20.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-15.htm">Fuel</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-13.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Suffice</a> <a href="/matthew/6-34.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">The promulgation of the Gospel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">The preaching of John Baptist foretold</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">The preaching of the apostles foretold</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">The prophet, by the omnipotence of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">And his incomparableness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Comforts the people.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, these trees were highly valued for construction and religious purposes, including the building of Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a>). The statement underscores the insufficiency of even the most abundant natural resources to meet the requirements of a worthy offering to God. It emphasizes God's greatness and the inadequacy of human efforts to fully honor Him through material means alone. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God desires obedience and a contrite heart over mere ritual sacrifice (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a>).<p><b>nor its animals enough for a burnt offering</b><br>The reference to the animals of Lebanon not being enough for a burnt offering further illustrates the magnitude of God's majesty and the limitations of human offerings. Burnt offerings were a central part of Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God (Leviticus 1). However, this phrase suggests that even the most abundant and valuable sacrifices fall short of what God truly deserves. It points to the insufficiency of the Old Testament sacrificial system to fully atone for sin, foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself once for all (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>). This highlights the transition from the old covenant to the new, where Christ's sacrifice fulfills and surpasses all previous offerings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon</a></b><br>A region known for its majestic cedar trees, often symbolizing strength and grandeur in the Bible. In this context, it represents the best of human resources and offerings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offering.htm">Burnt Offering</a></b><br>A type of sacrifice in the Old Testament where the entire offering was consumed by fire, symbolizing complete devotion to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, whose writings include messages of judgment and hope, pointing towards the coming of the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_incomparable_majesty.htm">God's Incomparable Majesty</a></b><br>The verse underscores the idea that no human offering, no matter how grand, can match God's greatness. It calls us to recognize His supreme majesty and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a></b><br>Worship is not about the quantity or grandeur of our offerings but the quality of our heart's devotion. God desires a heart fully surrendered to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Our resources, like the cedars of Lebanon, are insufficient to meet God's standards. We must rely on His grace and provision through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_service.htm">Humility in Service</a></b><br>Recognizing our limitations should lead us to serve God with humility, acknowledging that our best efforts are only acceptable through His mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 40</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_i_discipline_my_body_and_control_it.htm">What does 'The joy of the Lord is your strength' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_psalm_23.htm">What is the meaning of Psalm 23?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'behemoth'_a_real_or_mythical_creature.htm">Job 40:15-24: How can the 'Behemoth,' with a tail like a cedar, be any known animal, and does this suggest a mythical or extinct creature?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_acts_26_22-23_conflict_with_jewish_views.htm">Why does Paul's teaching in Acts 26:22-23 seem to conflict with traditional Jewish Messianic expectations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Lebanon is not sufficient.</span>--The thought is the same as that of <a href="/context/psalms/50-10.htm" title="For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.">Psalm 50:10-12</a>. Lebanon is chosen as the type of the forests that supply the wood for burnt-offerings, in which Judah was comparatively poor. In Nehemiah's organisation of the Temple ritual the task of supplying wood for this purpose was assigned by lot to priests or Levites (<a href="/nehemiah/10-34.htm" title="And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:">Nehemiah 10:34</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Lebanon is not sufficient to burn</span>. Man may think that he must be of some account, since God has required of him sacrifice and burnt offering, from which he may suppose God to derive some satisfaction. But, the prophet says, even if man were to burn all Lebanon as firewood on God's altar, and offer there all the (clean) beasts of the entire tract, still God would be put under no obligation. Man would even then have paid less than his debt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/40-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Lebanon</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְבָנ֕וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] not</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sufficient</span><br /><span class="heb">דֵּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(dê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1767.htm">Strong's 1767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sufficiency, enough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for fuel,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor its animals</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַיָּת֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥay·yā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enough</span><br /><span class="heb">דֵּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(dê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1767.htm">Strong's 1767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sufficiency, enough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for a burnt offering.</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/40-16.htm">Isaiah 40:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 40:16 Lebanon is not sufficient to burn (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 40:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 40:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/40-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 40:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 40:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>