Isaiah 40:22-24

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²² It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
    and its inhabitants are ^(A)like grasshoppers;
^(B)who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
    and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
^23 (C)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,
    ^(D)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.