Isaiah 40:17
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. 16 Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. 17 All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. 18 To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him? 19 A craftsman casts an idol; a metal smith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.
Daniel 4:35
34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, “What have you done?” 36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.
Notes and References
"... At this point Nebuchadnezzar resumes his first-person account. At the end of his period of dwelling with animals, Nebuchadnezzar lifts his eyes to heaven. Earlier he has lifted up his eyes and been fascinated with Babylon and his own achievement. To lift his eyes to heaven means that he is ready to acknowledge the sovereignty of God. In this exercise of faith, his reason returns. There is a connection between one’s sanity and one’s faith and self-appraisal. Nebuchadnezzar has gone from the most powerful of men to the most pathetic. In his sojourn in the fields, he learns how frail he is. He also comes to realize that the kingdom of the Most High transcends his own. With reason restored, Nebuchadnezzar blesses, praises, and honors the Most High God and his everlasting kingdom. As Nebuchadnezzar begins his letter with poetry extolling the power and eternal nature of God’s kingdom, so he concludes his letter with poetry, extolling the virtues of the king who lives forever (4:34; compare 12:7) and rules eternally both heaven and earth with self-determination and integrity. In this, he reflects Psalm 115:3; Isaiah 14:27; 40:17 ..."
Lederach, Paul M. Daniel (p. 102) Herald Press, 1994