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The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely [all] the people are like grass.

The [a]grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.(A)

O you who bring good tidings to Zion, get up to the high mountain. O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:8 The apostle Peter quotes this verse (I Pet. 1:24-25) and then adds, “and this Word is the good news which was preached to you”—which confirms as fact that Isaiah is here referring to the times of Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One.

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