Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Majority Standard Bible

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

5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

7The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;

Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

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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