Isaiah 40:15
Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.
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- Isa 40:22 : 22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.
- Jer 10:10 : 10 The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
- Dan 11:18 : 18 Then he will turn his attention to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.
- Zeph 2:11 : 11 The LORD will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the LORD in their own lands.
- Job 34:14-15 : 14 If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, 15 all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.
- Isa 11:11 : 11 At that time the Lord will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.
- Isa 29:5 : 5 But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.
- Isa 41:5 : 5 The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.
- Isa 59:18 : 18 He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.
- Isa 66:19 : 19 I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations– to Tarshish, Pul, Lud(known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.
- Gen 10:5 : 5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
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5The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.
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11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
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9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.
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