Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, 2 the flower fades, + 40:7. (6-7) Quoted in James 1:10 2 because Adonai’s breath blows on it. 2 Surely the people are like grass. 1

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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!” 2 One said, “What shall I cry?” 1 “All flesh is like grass, 2 and all its chesed ·loving-kindness· is like the flower of the field. 1

8The grass withers, 2 the flower fades; 2 but the word of our God stands forever.” + 40:8. (6-8) Quoted in 1 Pet 1:24-25 + 40:8. Quoted in Matt 24:35; Mark 13:31; 1 Pet 1:23 1

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5You sweep them away as they sleep. 2 In the morning they sprout like new grass. 1

Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you. 2 Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, 2 and of the son of man who will be made as grass? 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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