Verse 7
Isaiah 40:7
King James Version
7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD 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 ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniq...
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3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the...
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4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall...
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5
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together: for the mouth of t...
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6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
is
grass, and all the goodliness ther...
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7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the p...
8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God (Elohim) shall stand for ever.
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9
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest g...
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10
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong
hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward...
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11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry
them in h...
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12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comp...
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13
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or
being his counsellor hath taught him?
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14
With whom took he counsel, and
who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taugh...
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15
Behold, the nations
are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: beh...
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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 nations before him
are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
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18
To whom then will ye liken God (Elohim)? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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19
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silve...
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20
He that
is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree
that will not rot; he seeketh un...
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21
Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not unde...
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22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof
are as grasshoppers;...
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23
That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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24
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in...
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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 behold who hath created these
things,
that bringeth out their host b...
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27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is pa...
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28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard,
that the everlasting God (Elohim), the LORD, the Creator o...
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29
He giveth power to the faint; and to
them that have no might he increaseth strength.
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30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagle...
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