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Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all humanity will see it at once;
        for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Word of God Endures Forever

A voice says, “Cry out!”
    So I[a] asked, “What am I to cry out?”

“All humanity is grass,
    and all its loyalty[b] is like the flowers of the field.
Grass withers and flowers fade away
    when the Lord’s breath blows on them;
        surely the people are like grass.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads he
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Or glory
  3. Isaiah 40:7 So MT; 1QIsaa LXX lack this v.