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A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
And I said, “What shall I cry out?”
    All flesh is grass,
    and all its beauty[a] is like a wildflower in the countryside.
    Grass withers, flowers fade,
    when the breath[b] of the Lord blows on them.
    Yes, the people are grass.
    Grass withers, flowers fade,
    but the Word of our God endures forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:6 The Hebrew literally reads mercy or faithfulness.
  2. Isaiah 40:7 The word also means wind and Spirit.

A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers(B) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath(C) of the Lord blows(D) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers(E) fall,
    but the word(F) of our God endures(G) forever.(H)

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