Isaiah 40:23-24

New International Version

²³ He brings princes^(A) to naught
    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.^(B)
24 No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root^(C) in the ground,
than he blows^(D) on them and they wither,^(E)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.^(F)