Isaiah 40:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 40:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 40:17 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 40:17 — KJV
“All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.”
— Isaiah 40:17 (KJV)
Isaiah 40:17 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 40:17
“To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:17: nations, before, than
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:17: nations, before, than
“Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:17: nations, before, than
“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:17: nations, before, less
“But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 40:17: nations, before, than
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