...in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught Him ? Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and...behold He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before Him are as nothing ; and they are counted to Him less than nothing and vanity."...

...in the p.ith of judgment, and taught him knowI' la;e, and shewed to him the way of understanding? lo of the women, to the custody of Shaasligaz, the king's...chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 17...

...vanishes before him ; thus attributing to him that sublime representation of the INFINITY of Jehovah, " All nations before him . are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity."t It is the constant testimony of the Christian scriptures that this work of * Chap. ii. and...

...him in the path of judgment; and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and...counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takcth up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof...

...whose all-creative word they owe their existence ; who dwells in light inaccessible ; and before whom " the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance !" Having stopped some time in order to contemplate the sublimity of this spectacle, I approached the...

...And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 1 7 othes, and said, Alas. my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one ol'thein that 18 If To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth...

...comparison of this JEHOVAH of the illiterate Jews! before whom, to use this poet's own words, all other gods are ' as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance.' Hadlbeen acquainted with this wonderful volume, while I was writing my treatise on the Pathetic, I...

...Him in the path of judgment, and taught Him knowledge, and shewed to Him the way of understanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and...sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. All nations, before Him, are as nothing, and they are counted to Him less than nothing,...

...themselves to the reproof of Isaiah, "To whom will ye liken God, or what likeness will ye compare to him? Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: all nations before him are as nothing, and are counted as less than nothing and vanity." But what shall...

...a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance"— that He with whom " the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance, who taketh up the isles as a very little thing," was his FATHER. He counted the sincere followers of...