Isa 40:24 | HCSB | STEP | They are barely planted , barely sown , their stem hardly takes root in the ground when He blows on them and they wither , and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble .

a Ps 1:4; Isa 41:2,16; 64:6; Ezk 17:10,24; Nah 1:4

‏ Isaiah 40:24

24 They are barely planted, barely sown,
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble. ^a