Isaiah 40:6

The same voyce spake: Nowe crye. And the prophete aunswered, What shall I crye? That all fleshe is grasse, and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

In Context

5For the glorie of the Lorde shall appeare, for all fleshe shall at once see that the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it.

7The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse.

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Cross References

Isaiah 12:6Crye out, and sing thou that dwellest in Sion: for great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee.

Isaiah 40:3A voyce crieth in wildernesse: Prepare the way of the Lorde, make strayght the path of our God in the desert.

Isaiah 58:1Crye nowe as loude as thou canst, leaue not of, lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, & shew my people their offences, and the house of Iacob their sinnes.

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 →

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