Verse 7
Isaiah 40:7
Geneva Bible
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The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lord bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
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, will your God (Elohim) say.
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Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her ini...
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3
A voyce cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make streight in the desert a pat...
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4
Euery valley shall be exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shall be made lowe: and the crooked shal...
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5
And the glory of the Lord shalbe reueiled, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the...
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6
A voyce saide, Crie. And he saide, What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof...
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7
The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth, because the Spirite of the Lord bloweth vpon it: surely the...
8
The grasse withereth, the floure fadeth: but the worde of our God (Elohim) shall stand for euer.
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9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee vp into the hie mountaine: O Ierusalem, that bringest g...
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10
Beholde, the Lord God (Elohim) will come with power, and his arme shall rule for him: beholde, his r...
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11
He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme, and cary them...
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12
Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the d...
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13
Who hath instructed ye Spirit of the Lord? or was his counseler or taught him?
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14
Of whom tooke he counsell, and who instructed him and taught him in the way of iudgement? or taught...
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15
Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde,...
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16
And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
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17
All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
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18
To whom then wil ye liken God (Elohim)? or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him?
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19
The workeman melteth an image, or the goldsmith beateth it out in golde, or the goldesmith maketh si...
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20
Doeth not the poore chuse out a tree that will not rot, for an oblation? he seeketh also vnto him a...
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21
Know ye nothing? haue ye not heard it? hath it not bene tolde you from the beginning? haue ye not vn...
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22
He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretch...
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23
He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,
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24
As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote...
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25
To whom nowe will ye liken me, that I should be like him, saith the Holy one?
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26
Lift vp your eyes on hie, and beholde who hath created these things, and bringeth out their armies b...
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27
Why sayest thou, O Iaakob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my iudgement is p...
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28
Knowest thou not? or hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God (Elohim), the Lord hath created t...
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29
But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth pow...
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30
Euen the yong men shall faint, and be wearie, and the yong men shall stumble and fall.
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31
But they that waite vpon the Lord, shall renue their strength: they shall lift vp the wings as the e...
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