“The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 40 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.