Verse 24
Isaiah 40:24
World English Bible
24
They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground.
He merely blows on them, and they wither,
and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַ֣ף בַּל נִטָּ֗עוּ אַ֚ף בַּל זֹרָ֔עוּ אַ֛ף בַּל שֹׁרֵ֥שׁ בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ גִּזְעָ֑/ם וְ/גַם נָשַׁ֤ף בָּ/הֶם֙ וַ/יִּבָ֔שׁוּ וּ/סְעָרָ֖ה כַּ/קַּ֥שׁ תִּשָּׂאֵֽ/ם
English Translation
For they shall not be planted, for they shall not be sown, for they shall not take root in the earth; and also, He shall blow on them, and they shall wither, and a storm shall lift them up like stubble.
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Chapter 40 Context
1
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God (Elohim).
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2
“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniq...
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3
The voice of one who calls out,
“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!
Make a level highway i...
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4
Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The uneven shall be ma...
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5
Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has s...
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6
The voice of one saying, “Cry!”
One said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass,
and all its...
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7
The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because Yahweh’s breath blows on it.
Surely the people are like...
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8
The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God (Elohim) stands forever.”
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9
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift...
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10
Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one,
and his arm will rule for him.
Behold, his reward...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his b...
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12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and cal...
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13
Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit,
or has taught him as his counselor?
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14
Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught him in the path of justice,
and tau...
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15
Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance.
B...
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16
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
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17
All the nations are like nothing before him.
They are regarded by him as less than nothing, and vani...
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18
To whom then will you liken God (Elohim)?
Or what likeness will you compare to him?
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19
A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it...
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20
He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillfu...
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21
Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
Haven’t you been told from the beginning?
Haven’t you understo...
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22
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stre...
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23
who brings princes to nothing;
who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.
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24
They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground...
25
“To whom then will you liken me?
Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He ca...
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27
Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
“My way is hidden from Yahweh,
and the justice due me is d...
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28
Haven’t you known?
Haven’t you heard?
The everlasting God (Elohim), Yahweh,
The Creator of the ends...
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29
He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of him who has no might.
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30
Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
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31
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like eagles....
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