Isaiah 40:22-24

Easy-to-Read Version

²² It is the Lord who sits above the circle of the earth.
    And compared to him, people are like grasshoppers.
He rolled open the skies like a piece of cloth.
    He stretched out the skies like a tent to sit under.
²³ He takes away the power of rulers.
    He makes the world’s leaders completely worthless.
²⁴ They are like plants that are planted in the ground.
    But before they can send their roots into the ground,
God blows on the “plants”;
    they become dead and dry,
    and the wind blows them away like straw.