The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the (l) breath of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.
(l) The spirit of God will discover the vanity in all that seems to have any excellency of themselves.
Verse Isaiah 40:7. _THE GRASS WITHERETH_] The whole of this verse is wanting in three of _Kennicott's_ and five of _De Rossi's_ MSS., and in a very correct and ancient MS. of my own, and also in the _...
THE GRASS WITHERETH - Soon withers. Its beauty is soon gone. THE FLOWER FADETH - Soon fades; or fades when the wind of Yahweh passes over it. So is also with man. He loses his vigor, and dies at once...
II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66) Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon the Je...
PROLOGUE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE EXILE. IF. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice biddi...
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
Isaiah 40:1-11. The Prologue This first proclamation of glad tidings to Zion (see ch. Isaiah 41:27) is a passage of singular beauty, breathing the spirit of new-born hope and enthusiasm with which th...
_the spirit of the Lord_ Better as R.V. THE BREATH OF THE LORD, i.e. the wind (Psalms 103:16), specially the scorching east-wind (Hosea 13:15) or Sirocco, which blows chiefly in the spring, blighting...
The second voice proclaims the double truth: all earthly might is transitory, the word of God is eternal. Logically the section interrupts the connexion between Isaiah 40:5 and Isaiah 40:9, and is its...
DISCOURSE: 921 THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE GOSPEL Isaiah 40:6. 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: the gra...
THE VOICE SAID, CRY— The beginning of the kingdom of God is presented to the prophet's view in extatic vision, together with its progress through various scenes, one succeeding the other. The prophet...
VII. SALVATION THROUGH GOD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-53 A, PURPOSE OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-43 1. COMFORT, CHAPTER 40 a. PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-11 1 Comfort ye,...
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. THE GRASS WITHERETH ... BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD BLOWETH UPON IT - or, the...
40:7 fadeth, (f-6) Or 'hath fallen.' breath (g-9) Or 'spirit.'...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal length...
*Human beings come and go. Their words and actions are never enough....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 40 This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah. • In CHAPTER...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD BLOWETH UPON IT. — Better, _the breath,_ or _the wind_ of Jehovah, as we are still in the region of the parable, and the agency is destructive, and not quickening. A “wind of Je...
יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ נָ֣בֵֽל צִ֔יץ כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יְ
CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1 IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to make out...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
THE CRY OF JEHOVAH'S HERALD Isaiah 40:1-8 Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them. (1.) _There is the voice of forgiveness_, Isaiah 40:2. Are you truly penitent? Have you...
We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist el...
In these verses of the Prophet's sermon, he draws a striking contrast between the fading, dying purposes of man, and the incorruptible and never-ending counsels of God! And the Apostle Peter makes a b...
7._The grass is withered. _This might be understood to relate to the beauty of the fields, which is spoiled by a single gust of wind, as it is said, (Psalms 103:16,) “As soon as the wind passeth over...
The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is, comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
THE GRASS WITHERETH, THE FLOWER FADETH,.... And so does man, and all his glory and goodliness: BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD BLOWETH UPON IT: alluding to some impetuous and blasting wind blowing upo...
_The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass._ Ver. 7. _Because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it._] Or, when the breath...
_The voice said, Cry_ Rather, _A voice;_ for it is not the voice last mentioned, which cried in the wilderness, that is intended, but the voice of God, who (Isa 40:1) said, _Comfort my people._ Having...
THE WORD OF COMFORT AND THE GOD OF COMFORT. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the Gosp...
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it, for it is He who gives them their being, and it is He who causes their decay; SURELY THE PEOPLE IS GRASS, even t...
1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD; or, _the breath_, &c, as this word is rendered, PSALMS 147:18; the wind, as it frequently signifies, which hath this effect upon grass and flowers, PSALMS 103:16 JAMES 1:11. Th...
Isaiah 40:7 grass H2682 withers H3001 (H8804) flower H6731 fades H5034 (H8804) breath H7307 LORD H3068 blows...
THE PREPARING OF THE WAY (ISAIAH 40:1). The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah's eyes, opened up a new opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His people, and awaits thei...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._ «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem._ The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy. They are in the best conditi...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
_The voice said Cry._ And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass THE EARTHLY TRANSITORY: THE HEAVENLY ENDURING When we make a judgment of the objects of sense and of faith, “the things that...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
THE TRANSIENT AND THE PERMANENT (_Autumn Sermons._) Isaiah 40:6. _All flesh is grass, &c._ [1315] [1315] The very affecting images of Scripture which compare the short-lived existence of man to the d...
PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.). EXPOSITION...
But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 1:24; Exodus 15:8; Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 19:5;...
THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...