Isaiah 40:8

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

"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8
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What does Isaiah 40:8 mean?

Isaiah 40:8 in the King James Version reads, “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” The verse sets a deliberate contrast between what is naturally impressive yet fragile and what is divinely spoken and therefore unbreakable. Its…

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When Everything Fades, God’s Word Stands

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:8, KJV) Isaiah paints a simple picture with profound force: grass that turns brown and brittle, flowers that lose their color and fall. Nature preaches a sermon every season—what…

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Standing on the Everlasting Word

O Lord our God, Holy and Eternal, we come before Thee with reverence and humble hearts, acknowledging that Thou alone art unchanging, steadfast, and true. We lift our eyes beyond the passing shadows of this world and we anchor our souls in the Scripture that declares, “The grass…

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Isaiah 40:8 - "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." - Isaiah 40:8
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Isaiah 40:23 - "That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."
Isaiah 40:16 - "And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering."
Isaiah 40:1 - "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."
Isaiah 40:29 - "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."
Isaiah 40:25 - "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One."
Isaiah 40:30 - "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:"
Isaiah 40:18 - "¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?"
Isaiah 40:17 - "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity."
Isaiah 40:19 - "The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains."
Isaiah 40:7 - "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass."
Isaiah 40:5 - "And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."
Ezekiel 40:8 - "He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed."
Isaiah 40:3 - "¶ 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."
Isaiah 40:15 - "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing."
Isaiah 40:13 - "Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?" respectful, symbolic bible verse art
Isaiah 40:22 - "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:"