Isaiah 40:24
Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
23that bringeth princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
25To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal to him? saith the Holy One.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:21Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ahab every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:
Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as 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 rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill 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 →