Verse 7
Isaiah 40:7
Darby Translation
7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יְהוָ֖ה נָ֣שְׁבָה בּ֑/וֹ אָכֵ֥ן חָצִ֖יר הָ/עָֽם
English Translation
The grass withers, the flower fades, for the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass.
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Chapter 40 Context
1
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God (Elohim).
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2
Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that...
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3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the deser...
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4
Every valley shall be raised up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked s...
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5
And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of...
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6
A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness there...
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7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, for the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people...
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God (Elohim) abideth for ever.
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9
O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest gla...
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10
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is...
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11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his...
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12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with [his] span, a...
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13
Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, and, [as] his counsellor, hath taught him?
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14
With whom took he counsel, and [who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgme...
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15
Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold...
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16
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
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17
All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
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18
To whom then will ye liken God (Elohim)? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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19
The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silve...
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20
He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh...
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21
Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not underst...
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22
[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshopper...
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23
that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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24
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth...
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25
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
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26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number...
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27
Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed a...
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28
Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God (Elohim), Jehovah, the Creator of...
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29
He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
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30
Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
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31
but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagl...
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