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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 40:24

Isa 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. Ver. 24. Yea, they shall not be planted. ] They are like grass, that is neither planted nor well rooted; but as weeds that grow on the top of the water, vel tanquam podii folium, quod mane candidum, meridie purpureum, vespere caeruleum aspicitur. a And he shall... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 40:24

they shall not be planted: Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 14:22, Isaiah 17:11, 1 Kings 21:21, 1 Kings 21:22, 2 Kings 10:11, Job 15:30-Micah :, Job 18:16-Psalms :, Jeremiah 22:30, Nahum 1:14 he shall also: Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 37:7, 2 Samuel 22:16, Job 4:9, Haggai 1:9 and the: Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 41:16, Job 21:18, Psalms 58:9, Proverbs 1:27, Jeremiah 23:19, Hosea 13:3, Hosea 13:15, Zechariah 7:14, Zechariah 9:14 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:16 - he shall give Israel Job 8:17 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 40:24

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.Sown — They shall take no root, for planting and sowing are in order to taking root. They shall not continue and flourish, as they have vainly imagined, but shall be rooted up and perish. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 40:23-24

23, 24. Princes… judges… vanity Other predicates are here added respecting God, the ruler of the universe. He annihilates the potentates and judges of the earth when they displease him. In various ways hevisits them. They are scarcely planted, (to use the figure of the verse,) scarcely sown, etc., ere the hot eastern blast withers them, and carries them away. The meaning is plain, though the figure is mixed. read more

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