Isaiah 40:23
he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
In Context
Cross References
Job 12:19He sends away priests into captivity, 1 And overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. 1
Job 34:19Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, 1 Neither knows how to give honor to the great, 1 So that their persons should be respected. 1
Psalms 76:12I remembered the works of the Lord; 1 For I will remember thy wonders from the beginning. 1
Isaiah 2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 19:13The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up with pride, and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.
Isaiah 24:21And God shall bring his hand upon the host of heaven, and upon the kings of the earth.
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 →