Isaiah 40:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ A voice says, “Cry out!”
    I reply, “What shall I cry out?”
“All mortals are grass;
    they last no longer than the flowers of the field.
⁷ The grass withers, the flower fades,
    when the breath of the Lord falls upon them.
    Surely the people are grass.
⁸ The grass may wither and the flower may fade,
    but the word of our God will endure forever.”