Isaiah 40:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² God sits on his throne high above the earth.
    Its people look like grasshoppers to him.
He spreads out the heavens like a cover.
    He sets it up like a tent to live in.
²³ He takes the power of princes away from them.
    He reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
²⁴ They are planted.
    They are scattered like seeds.
    They put down roots in the ground.
But as soon as that happens, God blows on them and they dry up.
    Then a windstorm sweeps them away like straw.