Isaiah 40:7-9
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7 The grass withers; the flower fades,
[[when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.(A)
8 The grass withers; the flower fades,]][a]
but the word of our God will stand forever.(B)
9 Get you up to a high mountain,
O Zion, herald of good news;[b]
lift up your voice with strength,
O Jerusalem, herald of good news;[c]
lift it up, do not fear;
say to the cities of Judah,
“Here is your God!”(C)
Isaiah 55:10-11
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10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there until they have watered the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,(A)
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose
and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.(B)
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