Isaiah 40:6

The voice said, Preach. 1 And he said, What shall I preach? 1 All basar is khatzir (grass), 1 and all the chesed (constancy) thereof is as the tzitz (flower, blossom) of the sadeh; 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 kavod Hashem shall be revealed, 1 and all basar shall see it together; 1 for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken. 1

7The khatzir (grass) withereth, 1 the tzitz (flower, blossom) falleth; 1 because the Ruach of Hashem bloweth upon it; 1 surely the people is khatzir (grass). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; 1 they are as a sheinah (sleep); 1 in the boker they are like khatzir (grass) which withereth. 1

Psalms 92:7An ish ba'ar (brutish, senseless man, dolt) knoweth not; 1 neither doth a kesil (fool) understand this. 1

Psalms 103:15As for enosh (mankind), his yamim are like khatzir (green grass, herbage); 1 like tzitz hasadeh (a flower of the field), so he flourisheth. 1

Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout for joy, thou inhabitant of Tziyon; 1 for gadol is Kadosh Yisroel in the midst of thee.

Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that preacheth in the midbar: 1 Prepare ye the Derech Hashem, 1 make straight in the Aravah 1 a highway for Eloheinu. 1

Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, restrain not, 1 lift up thy kol (voice) like the shofar, 1 and preach to My people their peysha (transgression, rebellion) 1 and Bais Ya'akov their chattot. 1

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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