Isaías 40:24

24 Mal eles são plantados ou semeados,mal lançam raízes na terra,Deus sopra sobre eles, e eles murcham;um redemoinho os leva como palha.

Isaías 40:24 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted
As trees are, like the cedars in Lebanon, though they may seem to be such; but be like the grass of the field, and herbs of the earth: or, "even they shall be", as if they were "not planted ^F3", they shall not grow and flourish; or they shall be plucked up, and be no more; this is said of the princes and judges of the earth; nay, they shall not be sown;
as seed is, which springing up, brings forth fruit, but so it shall not be with them; or they shall be as if they had not been sown, no fruit being brought forth by them: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth;
so as to continue and abide, but they shall soon vanish and disappear, as the most powerful princes and wisest judges do. The Targum is,

``although they multiply, although they increase, although their children become great in the earth:''

"and" or "yea", he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither;
as grass withers, when a severe wind blows upon it: and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble;
which is not able to stand before the force of it; and as unable are the greatest potentates on earth to stand before the tempest of divine wrath and vengeance; if God blows but upon them in anger, all their glory and grandeur, pomp and power, wither away like the flower of the field; and especially if he comes forth in all the fury of his wrath in a tempestuous way against them, they are no more able to stand before him that stubble before a violent storm: see ( Revelation 6:15-17 ) . The Targum is,

``yet, even he will send his fury upon them; and his word shall take them away, as a whirlwind stubble.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (wejn lb Pa) "perinde ut non plantati", Calvin; and so the following clauses.

Isaías 40:24 In-Context

22 Ele se assenta no seu trono, acima da cúpula da terra,cujos habitantes são pequenos como gafanhotos.Ele estende os céus como um forroe os arma como uma tenda para neles habitar.

23 Ele aniquila os príncipese reduz a nada os juízes deste mundo.

24 Mal eles são plantados ou semeados,mal lançam raízes na terra,Deus sopra sobre eles, e eles murcham;um redemoinho os leva como palha.

25 “Com quem vocês vão me comparar?Quem se assemelha a mim?”, pergunta o Santo.

26 Ergam os olhos e olhem para as alturas.Quem criou tudo isso?Aquele que põe em marcha cada estrela do seu exército celestial,e a todas chama pelo nome.Tão grande é o seu poder e tão imensa a sua força,que nenhuma delas deixa de comparecer!