Isaiah 40:6-8
The voice said, "Cry out!"
And he said, "What shall I cry?""All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
[7] The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
[8] The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever."
Dake's Study Notes
Isaiah 40:6
a [voice said, Cry] -This voice was not the one of Isaiah 40:3, but another which Isaiah heard in the vision—evidently the voice of God (Isaiah 6:8-9).
b [What shall I cry?]- Question 81. Next, §Isaiah 40:12. This was Isaiah's response to the voice.
c [All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field]- Quoted in 1 Peter 1:24-25. This was the message the voice of the vision told him to cry: People are like grass which withers soon and is gone, but the Word of the Lord shall stand forever (Isaiah 40:6-8; Psalm 119:89-91; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; John 10:35; John 12:34; 1 Peter 1:25).
a [voice said, Cry] -This voice was not the one of Isaiah 40:3, but another which Isaiah heard in the vision—evidently the voice of God (Isaiah 6:8-9).
b [What shall I cry?]- Question 81. Next, §Isaiah 40:12. This was Isaiah's response to the voice.
c [All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field]- Quoted in 1 Peter 1:24-25. This was the message the voice of the vision told him to cry: People are like grass which withers soon and is gone, but the Word of the Lord shall stand forever (Isaiah 40:6-8; Psalm 119:89-91; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; John 10:35; John 12:34; 1 Peter 1:25).
Life Application Notes:
People are compared here to grass and flowers that wither away. We are mortal, but God's Word is eternal and unfailing. Public opinion changes and unreliable, but God's Word is constant. Only in God's eternal Word will we find lasting solutions to our problems and needs.
