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A voice said, “Speak!”
    So the man said, “What should I say?”
The voice said, “People are like grass.
    Any glory they enjoy is like a wildflower.
When a wind from the Lord blows on them,
    the grass dies and the flower falls.
    Yes, all people are like grass.
Grass dies and flowers fall,
    but the word of our God lasts forever.”

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A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.

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

The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.(A)

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