Isaiah 40:24
Indeed, they have not been planted, || Indeed, they have not been sown, || Indeed, their stock is not taking root in the earth, || And He has also blown on them, and they wither, || And a whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
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In Context
23He who is making princes become nothing, || Has made judges of earth formless;
25And to whom do you liken Me, || And [to whom] I equal? Says the Holy One.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:21behold, I am bringing calamity on you, and have taken away your posterity, and cut off from Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
Job 4:9From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
Job 15:30He does not turn aside from darkness, || A flame dries up his tender branch, || And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
Proverbs 1:27When your fear comes as destruction, || And your calamity comes as a windstorm, || When adversity and distress come on you.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare slaughter for his sons; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, || They do not rise, nor have possessed the land, || Nor filled the face of the world [with] cities.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27
Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →