Isaiah 40:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. ”

Isaiah 40:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 bi...
Isaiah 40:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Isaiah 40:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 pa...
Isaiah 40:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 921 THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE GOSPEL Isaiah 40:6-8 . 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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth - The whole of this verse is wanting in three of Kennicott's...
Isaiah 40:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 proph...
Isaiah 40:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 leng...
Isaiah 40:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1-11 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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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? H...
Isaiah 40:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 blowin...
Isaiah 40:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 breat...
Isaiah 40:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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. Havin...
Isaiah 40:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,...
Isaiah 40:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Preparing of the Way ( Isaiah 40:1-8 ). 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 awai...
Isaiah 40:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE TRANSIENT AND THE PERMANENT ( Autumn Sermons. ) Isaiah 40:6-8 . All flesh is grass, &c. [1315] [1315] The very affecting images of Scripture which compare the short-lived existence of ma...
Isaiah 40:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:1-2 . 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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Isaiah 40:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 th...
Isaiah 40:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . ISAIAH 'S LATER PROPHECIES ( CH . 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION ( Isaiah 40:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Prefatory Remarks THE A...
Isaiah 40:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Isaiah 40:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:23 ; 1 Peter 1:24 ; Exodus 15:8 ; Isaiah 15:6 ; Isaiah 19:5 ; Isaiah 24:4 ; Isaiah 40:8 ; Proverbs 30:32 ; Psalms 103:16 ; Psalms 39:11
Isaiah 40:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Deity of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 40:1-11 , Isaiah 40:25-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. The De...

Isaiah 40:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 40:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary