The gra withereth—it soon withers. Its beauty is soon gone.

The flower fadeth—it soon fades, or fades when t…

The spirit of the Lord blows upon it. —This is better understood as the breath, or the wind of Jehovah,…

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…

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…

The grass withers, the flower fades. And so does man, and all his glory and goodliness: because the Spirit of…

All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pa…

1. Be comforted, be comforted. This is the second principal part of this book, in which the prophet primarily intends to comfort th…