Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will comfort Zion;
he will comfort all her waste places
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.(A)
Psalm 118:6
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6 With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
What can mortals do to me?(A)
Isaiah 40:6
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6 A voice says, “Cry out!”
And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass;
their constancy is like the flower of the field.(A)
Footnotes
- 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said
Isaiah 40:7
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7 The grass withers; the flower fades,
[[when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:3
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Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,(A)
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1 Peter 1:24
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24 For
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,(A)
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