Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Cry.” Another answers, “What should I cry?” 1 “All flesh is grass, and all their covenant faithfulness is like the flower of the field. 1

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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 Yahweh will be revealed, and all people will see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it. 1

7The grass withers and the flower wilts when the breath of Yahweh blows on it; surely humanity is grass. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; 1 in the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up. 1

Psalms 92:7When the wicked sprout like the grass, 1 and even when all the evildoers thrive, 1 still they are doomed to eternal destruction. 1

Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; 1 he flourishes like a flower in a field. 1

Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout for joy, you inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 40:3A voice cries out, 1 “In the wilderness prepare the way of Yahweh; 1 make straight in the Arabah a highway for our God.” + 40:3 Some older modern versions have A voice cries out in the wilderness . 1

Isaiah 58:1“Cry loudly; do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. 1 Confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins. 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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