Isaiah 40:8

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

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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 -...
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...
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 th...
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...
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 co...
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 th...
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 v...
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.
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 n...
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, whe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13...
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 forg...
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...
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-endi...
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 w...
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...
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...
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 Go...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Predictions. B. C. 708. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whatsoever God hath said shall infallibly come to pass.
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...
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 Scrip...
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 we...
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 accompli...
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. The loss of comfort is no small loss. God w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 t...
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, t...
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 Biblical Illustrator

The grass withereth The decay of the material Viewed in its immediate relations to the context, the “flesh,” which is grass, is the vast popula...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, the repetition being made for the sake of impressing this great truth upon all minds; but the Word of our Go...
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...
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...

⁸ The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 40:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Isaiah 40:8