Isaiah 40:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. ”

Isaiah 40:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The grass withereth ... - This is repeated from the former verse for the sake of emphasis, or strong confirmation. But the word of our God - The phrase ‘word of our God,’ refers either to his...
Isaiah 40:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the (m) word of our God shall stand for ever. (m) Though considering the frailty of man's nature many of the Jews would perish, and so not be partakers of...
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stand for ever. Compare Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 55:10 ; Isaiah 55:11 . Psalms 119:89-91 . Zechariah 1:5 . Matthew 5:18 ; Matthew 24:35 . Mark 13:31 . Joh 10:35. John 12:34 ; 1 P...
Isaiah 40:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. The grass withereth. This repetition is again added for the purpose of bringing to nought the glory of the flesh, but at the same time contains within itself a highly valuable consolation...
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PERISHABLE AND IMPERISHABLE ‘The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.’ Isaiah 40:8 I. By the word of our God—of Jehovah, the God of His people....
Isaiah 40:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ,.... Which is repeated, to raise attention to it, as being a matter of importance, and for the confirmation of it: but the word of our God shall stand for e...
Isaiah 40:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Ver. 8. But the word of our God shall stand for ever, ] q.d., Though the elect also as well as others are g...
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,...
Isaiah 40:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whatsoever God hath said shall infallibly come to pass.
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 The immediate, the historical purpose of these words is undoubtedly to reassure the Jews of the captivity. It was to men whose eyes were resting on the magnificence and power of Bablyo...
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:25 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 55:10 ; Isaiah 55:11 ; John 10:35 ; John 12:34 ; Mark 13:31 ; Matthew 24:35 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Psalms 119:89-91 ; Romans 3:1-3 ; Zechari...
Isaiah 40:8 - 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 40:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 40:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 40:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 40:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 40:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 40:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 40:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 40:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 40:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary