Isaiah 40:24 meaning and explanation

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

Isaiah 40:24, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah 40 speaks to Judah in exile, assuring a people who felt forgotten that God has not abandoned them. In verse 24 the prophet pictures the world's rulers as plants barely sown and rooted before God's breath withers them and a whirlwind carries them off like chaff.

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