Isaiah 40:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷ The grass withers; the flower fades,
    [[when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
    surely the people are grass.^(A)
8 The grass withers; the flower fades,]]^[a]
    but the word of our God will stand forever.^(B)
9 Get you up to a high mountain,
    O Zion, herald of good news;^[b]
lift up your voice with strength,
    O Jerusalem, herald of good news;^[c]
    lift it up, do not fear;
say to the cities of Judah,
    “Here is your God!”^(C)