40:6 A voice says, “Cry out!”
Another asks, 1 “What should I cry out?”
The first voice responds: 2 “All people are like grass, 3
and all their promises 4 are like the flowers in the field.
40:7 The grass dries up,
the flowers wither,
when the wind sent by the Lord 5 blows on them.
Surely humanity 6 is like grass.