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Isaiah 40:16

Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּלְבָנ֕וֹןu.le.va.Nonand LebanonH3844 →
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369 →
דֵּ֖יdei[is] sufficiency ofH1767 →
בָּעֵ֑רba.'ErburningH1197 →
וְחַיָּת֔וֹve.chai.ya.Toand animal[s] itsH2416 →
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369 →
דֵּ֖יdei[is] sufficiency ofH1767 →
עוֹלָֽה׃ סo.Lahburnt offeringH5930 →

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Micah 6:6–7With 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?1 Kings 3:4Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.Psalms 50:9–12I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,Micah 6:7Would 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?Nehemiah 10:34We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.Hebrews 10:5–10Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.2 Chronicles 1:6Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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