Isaiah 40:6-8

6 A voice is saying, ‘Shout!’

But I say, ‘What should I shout?’

‘Shout that all people are like grass.

Their promises are like the flowers in a field.

7 Grass quickly dies,

and flowers fall to the ground.

The Lord causes this to happen,

when he sends a wind to blow on them.

It is true. People are like grass.

8 Grass quickly dies,

and flowers fall to the ground.

But God's promise will be true for ever.’