Isaiah 40:24
Yea, scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, Scarcely hath their stem taken root in the ground, When He bloweth upon them and they wither, And the whirlwind beareth them away like stubble.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23That bringeth princes to nothing, And reduceth the rulers of the earth to vanity.
25To whom then will ye liken me, And to whom shall I be compared? Saith the Holy One.
Cross References
Job 4:9By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of his nostrils they are consumed.
Job 15:30He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.
Job 21:18How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh upon you like a storm. And destruction overtaketh you like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare ye slaughter for his children, For the iniquity of their fathers, That they may no more arise, and possess the earth, And fill the world with enemies!”
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 →