Isaiah 40:24
For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
23he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
25Now then to whom have ye compared me, that I may be exalted? saith the Holy One.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:21And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.
Job 4:9They shall perish by the command of the Lord, 1 And shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. 1
Job 15:30Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: 1 Let the wind blast his blossom, 1 And let his flower fall off. 1
Job 21:18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, 1 Or as dust which the storm has taken up. 1
Proverbs 1:27Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, 1 And your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; 1 And when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, 1 Or when ruin shall come upon you. 1
Isaiah 14:21Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.
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 →