Isaiah 40:23-25

International Standard Version

²³who brings princes to nothing,
    and makes void the rulers of the earth.
²⁴No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
        no sooner have^[a] their stems taken root in the earth,
than^[b] he blows on them, and they wither,
    and the tempest sweeps them away like stubble.

²⁵“To^[c] whom, then, will you compare me,
and to whom should I be equal?”
asks the Holy One.