The Nations Are Nothing

Question 1

2 Esdras 6:54 [we all come from Adam]

Answer 1

2 Esdras 6:54 And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest lord of all thy creatures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen.
2 Esdras 6:55 All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes
2 Esdras 6:56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.

Question 2

Isaiah 40:15 [the nations are a drop in a bucket]

Answer 2

Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.