Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, and the flower fades:

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.

In Context

6The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.

8but the word of our God abides forever.

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; 1 Nor of the arrow flying by day; 1

Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforts thee: consider who thou art, that thou wast afraid of mortal man, and of the son of man, who are withered as grass.

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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