Isaiah 40:8
The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen: but the word of our Lord endureth for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
Isaiah 59:21This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Matthew 5:18For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mark 13:31Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.
John 12:34The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever; and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
1 Peter 1:25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:4-9
Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord , make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is… Read the whole commentary →