Isaiah 40:22-24

The Greatness of God

22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are b like grasshoppers;
c who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
 23 d who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
e and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 13:33
    And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.
  2. Cross References
    Job 9:8
    Who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea.
    Psalms 104:2
    Covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
  3. Cross References
    Job 12:21
    He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
    Psalms 107:40
    He pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:2
    Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step? He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow.
    Psalms 83:13
    O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.
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