Isaiah 40:24

Indeed, they shall not be planted; 1 indeed, they shall not be sown; 1 indeed, their stem shall not take root ba'aretz (in the ground); 1 and He shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, 1 and the se'arah (storm wind) shall take them away like the kash (straw, stubble, chaff). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

In Context

23That bringeth the roznim (rulers) to nothing; 1 He maketh the Shoftei Eretz like tohu. 1

25To whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I be equal? 1 saith the Kadosh. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:21Hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ach'av mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against a wall), + 21:21 i. e., all males atzur (bond) and azuv (free) in Yisroel,

Job 4:9By the neshamah (breath) of Eloah they perish, 1 and by the ruach of His nostrils are they consumed. 1

Job 15:30He shall not escape from choshech; 1 the flame shall wither his branches, 1 and in the ruach of his mouth shall he perish. 1

Job 21:18They are as straw before the ruach, 1 and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 1

Proverbs 1:27When your pachad (terror) cometh like a storm, 1 and your calamity cometh like a whirlwind; 1 when tzarah (distress) and oppression cometh upon you. 1

Isaiah 14:21Prepare the matbe'ach (slaughterhouse) for his banim 1 for the avon (iniquity) of their avot; 1 that they do not rise, nor inherit eretz, 1 nor cover the surface of the tevel (earth) with towns. 1

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 →

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