Isaiah 40:6-9
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A voice says, "Cry!"
And I said, "What shall I cry?"
i All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
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The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
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j The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
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Get you up to a high mountain,
O Zion, k herald of good news;
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good news;
lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
"Behold your God!"
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Cross References
1 Peter 1:24 - 25
For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
Job 14:2
He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
Psalms 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field.
James 1:10
And the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
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Cross References
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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Cross References
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns.
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