All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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Gill's Exposition
All nations before him are as nothing,.... As if they were nonentities, and were not real beings in comparison of him, who is the Being of beings, the author of all beings which exist in all nations;…
Barnes' Notes
Are as nothing - This expresses literally what had been expressed by the beautiful and striking imagery above. Less than nothing - A strong hyperbolic expression denoting the utter insignificance of…
The scope of these verses is to show what a great and glorious being the Lord Jehovah is, who is Israel's God and Saviour. It comes in here, 1. To encourage his people that were captives in Babylon to…
Cambridge Bible
less than nothing Better: of nought; "belonging to the category of nothingness" (Cheyne).
vanity The Hebr. is tôhû, a word which means primarily "a waste," and is applied in Gen 1:2 to the primeval…