The Meaning of Isaiah 40:16 Explained

Isaiah 40:16

KJV: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

YLT: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.

Darby: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

ASV: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Lebanon  [is] not  sufficient  to burn,  nor the beasts  thereof sufficient  for a burnt offering. 

What does Isaiah 40:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 40:9-17 - Creator And Ruler Of All The Earth
Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to behold Him, expecting a mighty hero, lo, a shepherd conducts His flock across the waste lands, gathering the weakly lambs to His bosom and gently leading the ewes with their young. Do not be afraid of God; He has a shepherd's heart. Words can never tell out all His tenderness; His pitying, understanding love.
We are next conducted to the Great Sea, Isaiah 40:12. Remember, says the prophet, that God's hands are so strong that the ocean lies in them as a drop of water in man's. He can place mountains in the scales He holds. So great is He that if all Lebanon's forests were laid as wood on His altar, and all its beasts were consumed as burnt sacrifices, it would not be sufficient to set forth Page 68 His praise. And this God is our God forever and ever. The Creator of the ends of the earth is our Father. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 40

1  The promulgation of the Gospel
3  The preaching of John Baptist foretold
9  The preaching of the apostles foretold
12  The prophet, by the omnipotence of God
18  And his incomparableness
26  Comforts the people

What do the individual words in Isaiah 40:16 mean?

And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn and its beasts [are] not sufficient for a burnt offering -
וּלְבָנ֕וֹן אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י בָּעֵ֑ר וְחַיָּת֔וֹ אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י עוֹלָֽה ס

וּלְבָנ֕וֹן  And  Lebanon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
אֵ֥ין  [is]  not 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
דֵּ֖י  sufficient 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּדֵי 
Sense: sufficiency, enough.
בָּעֵ֑ר  to  burn 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּעַר 
Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled.
וְחַיָּת֔וֹ  and  its  beasts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
אֵ֥ין  [are]  not 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
דֵּ֖י  sufficient  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּדֵי 
Sense: sufficiency, enough.
עוֹלָֽה  a  burnt  offering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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