Isaiah 40:6
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6 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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
James 1:10-11
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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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Psalm 103:15-16
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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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:16 not
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
1 Peter 1:24-25
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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 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
- 1 Peter 1:25 spoken word
Job 14:2
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2 (A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Isaiah 58:1
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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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
Psalm 92:7
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7 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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 92:7 sprout
Psalm 90:5-6
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5 You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
Jeremiah 31:6
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6 For there shall be a day
When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim,
(A)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’ ”
Jeremiah 2:2
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2 “Go and cry in the hearing of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“I remember you,
The kindness of your (A)youth,
The love of your betrothal,
(B)When you [a]went after Me in the wilderness,
In a land not sown.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:2 followed
Isaiah 61:1-2
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 (E)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And (F)the day of vengeance of our God;
(G)To comfort all who mourn,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Isaiah 40:3
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3 (A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
Isaiah 37:27
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27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
Isaiah 12:6
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Hosea 5:8
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8 “Blow(A) the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah!
(B)Cry aloud at (C)Beth Aven,
‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
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