 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 grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass....  Bible Readings for Schools and Colleges - Side 118redigeret af - 1925 - 288 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Homer - 1846 - 536 sider
...which he spendeth as a shadow? " So the prophet Isaiah, mournfully and solemnly cries, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand forever." See also the affecting representation of the brevity of man's... | |
 | Homer - 1846 - 550 sider
...which he spendeth as a shadow? " So the prophet Isaiah, mournfully and solemnly cries, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand forever." See also the affecting representation of the brevity of man's... | |
 | Robert Govett - 1846 - 92 sider
...the prophets give intimation, " The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it....is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field :" Isa. xl, 5, 6. " The mighty God, even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth... | |
 | 1847 - 164 sider
...But this very comparison of man's mortal life to a flower, is very common in scripture: " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass," Isa. xl. v. 6, 7 ; also Psa. xc. v. j 5, 6; ciii. 15, 16 ; James i. vs. 10, 11 ; 1 Pet. iv 24. And... | |
 | 1847 - 116 sider
...THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED, AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER. ISAIAH 40-5. ALL FLESH IS GRASS, AND ALL THE GOODLINESS THEREOF IS AS THE...LORD BLOWETH UPON IT: SURELY THE PEOPLE IS GRASS. ISAIAH 40-6. 7. THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS... | |
 | Methodist New Connexion (England) - 1848 - 490 sider
...Connexion, will often, for years to come, be the subject of approving remark in our social converse. " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the tcord <if our God shall stand for ever. Ebenezer. Hitherto the Lord has helped us. Let us abundantly... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1866 - 400 sider
...amidst the ruins of tiaie and history. It knows no decay. How true that word of the ancient prophet, " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry...the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever." The great and mighty perish from among us; the wise... | |
 | Michael H. Black - 1986 - 308 sider
...crisis, much preferred alternatives. 11. Isa 40.6; Job 14.2. The first text in its complete form reads: The Voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry?...LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 12. Cf Letters I 202 '. . . we have to struggle like water-beetles stranded and toiling in mud'. 13.... | |
 | René Girard, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort - 1987 - 484 sider
...Bible: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall...the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . . . but the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isaiah 40, 3-8). INTERDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY TROILUS:... | |
 | George Whalley, Royal Society of Canada - 1987 - 230 sider
...but this is designed to evoke (if we know our Bibles) the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah (40:6): "What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the...fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." The symbolism of the Bible has supplied the whole Christian world, in all languages, with an international... | |
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