Isaiah 40:24
Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
25And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:21lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel,
Job 4:9From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.
Job 15:30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled 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 →