A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”

(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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  1. Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I

24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](A)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

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24 because

(A)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [a]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 (B)But the [b]word of the Lord endures forever.”

(C)Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
  2. 1 Peter 1:25 spoken word

15 The life of mortals is like grass,(A)
    they flourish like a flower(B) of the field;
16 the wind blows(C) over it and it is gone,
    and its place(D) remembers it no more.

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15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

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15 As for man, (A)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (B)For the wind passes over it, and it is [a]gone,
And (C)its place remembers it no more.

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  1. Psalm 103:16 not

10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(A) 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat(B) and withers(C) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.(D) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

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10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

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10 but the rich in his humiliation, because (A)as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11 For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.

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11 My days are like the evening shadow;(A)
    I wither(B) away like grass.

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11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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(A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

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True Fasting

58 “Shout it aloud,(A) do not hold back.
    Raise your voice like a trumpet.(B)
Declare to my people their rebellion(C)
    and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.(D)

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58 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Fasting that Pleases God

58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.

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  1. Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back

that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.(A)

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When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

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When (A)the wicked [a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

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  1. Psalm 92:7 sprout

Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(B)

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Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

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