Isaiah 40:7

יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר נָבֵֽל צִיץ כִּי רוּחַ יְהוָה נָשְׁבָה בּוֹ אָכֵן חָצִיר הָעָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

6קוֹל אֹמֵר קְרָא וְאָמַר מָה אֶקְרָא כָּל ־ הַבָּשָׂר חָצִיר וְכָל ־ חַסְדּוֹ כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶֽה ׃

8יָבֵשׁ חָצִיר נָבֵֽל צִיץ וּדְבַר ־ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יָקוּם לְעוֹלָֽם ׃ ס

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5זְרַמְתָּם שֵׁנָה יִהְיוּ בַּבֹּקֶר כֶּחָצִיר יַחֲלֹֽף ׃

Isaiah 51:12אָנֹכִי אָנֹכִי הוּא מְנַחֶמְכֶם מִֽי ־ אַתְּ וַתִּֽירְאִי מֵאֱנוֹשׁ יָמוּת וּמִבֶּן ־ אָדָם חָצִיר יִנָּתֵֽן ׃

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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