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23 It is He who reduces (A)rulers to nothing,
Who (B)makes the [a]judges of the earth utterly formless.
24 [b]Scarcely have they been planted;
[c]Scarcely have they been sown;
[d]Scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they [e]wither,
And the (C)storm carries them away like stubble.
25 (D)To whom then will you liken Me
That I would be his equal?” says the Holy One.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:23 Or leaders
  2. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even
  3. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even
  4. Isaiah 40:24 Or Not even
  5. Isaiah 40:24 Or dry up, cf. 42:15; Ps 90:5-6