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God Reveals Our Frailty
Commentators explain that the "breath of the Lord" is a powerful force that reveals the temporary nature of all human strength, glory, and life. This isn't just a random fact of life; it's a divine action. Scholars like Calvin and Spurgeon suggest God actively withers our self-reliance and false confidences so that we will stop trusting in temporary things and turn to Him, the only eternal Creator.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 40:7
18th Century
Theologian
The grass withereth—it soon withers. Its beauty is soon gone.
The flower fadeth—it soon fades, or fades when…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 40:7
19th Century
Bishop
The spirit of the Lord blows upon it. —This is better understood as the breath, or the wind of Jehovah,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 40:6–8
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 40:7
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Isaiah 40:7
17th Century
Pastor
The grass withers, the flower fades. And so does man, and all his glory and goodliness: because the Spirit of…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 40:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…