Isaiah 40:6 (WEB)
The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
Catechism · 1
“The term "flesh" refers to man in his state of weakness and mortality.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 6:3; Ps 56:5; Isa 40:6.
Fathers and councils · 28
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And again he says, in recapitulation, “Wolves and lambs shall then browse together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and the serpent earth as if it were bread; and they shall neither hurt nor annoy anything in my holy mountain, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, etc.
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Tertullian
“As for the human race, its end will be to the following effect:—To all which bear the earthy and material mark there accrues an entire destruction, because “all flesh is grass,” and amongst these is the soul of mortal man, except when it has found salvation by faith.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Isa. 40:6) Men are filled with the loaves, when what they hear with the ear, they fulfil in practice.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Because the scroll shall be rolled together, and the grass over which it was spread shall with its goodliness pass away; but Thy Word remaineth for ever, which now appeareth unto us in the dark image of the clouds, and through the glass of the heavens, not as it is; because we also, although we be the…” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6–8. The law of storms, and that which regulates the motions of the stars or the ebbing and flowing of the tides, may change at the “end of the…
Read the whole comment“For, “all flesh is grass, and the glory of man as the flower of grass; the grass withereth, and the flower falleth, but the word of the Lord abideth for ever.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6–8.
Read the whole comment“For, “All flesh is grass, and the brightness of man as the bloom of grass: the grass hath withered, and the bloom hath fallen down: but the word of the Lord abideth for everlasting.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6–8.
Read the whole comment“For observe to what flower their glory is compared: “All flesh is grass, and the honour of flesh as the flower of grass.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment““For all flesh is hay, and all the glory of man as flower of hay.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment“For the head of the calf was the body of ungodly men, in the similitude of a calf eating hay, seeking earthly things: because all flesh is hay.…And what now is more evident, than that into that City Jerusalem, of which the people Israel was a type, by Baptism men were to be made to pass over?” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment“…“and they shall flourish like the grass of the earth,” in the same manner as is said, “all flesh is grass, and the glory of a man like the flower of grass:” certainly then that city must be understood which doth intimate this world’s society: for it was not to no purpose that Cain was the first to build a city.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment“The hay hath dried up, and the flower hath fallen off:” but the Ark of the Lord “abideth for everlasting,” to wit, the secret testament of the kingdom of Heaven, where is the eternal Word of God.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment““For all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness of man as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of the Lord abideth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 8.
Read the whole comment“Deservedly, since all flesh is grass.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment“This which is so very beautiful, this quickly falleth.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6–8.
Read the whole comment“The grass withereth, the flower thereof falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.’” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 8; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25
Read the whole comment““But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7, Sept.; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“And, brethren, recollect that Prophetical and Evangelical testimony, for it is read in the Gospel; “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of flesh as the flower of grass; the grass withereth, the flower falleth away, the Word of the Lord endureth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7; Jas. i. 10; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment““All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of the Lord abideth forever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 1–8.
Read the whole comment““For all flesh is grass.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
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Justin Martyr
“But Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering; and all the nations are considered nothing, and for nothing.’ ”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 1–17.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
“…very small in fear, but great when it has grown into charity, which is greater than all herbs: for “God is love,” [1 John 4:16] whilst “all flesh is grass.” [Isa 40:6] But the boughs which it puts forth are those of mercy and compassion, since under its shade the poor of Christ, who are meant by the living creatures…” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
““All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.…The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”” — editor's note: Is. xl. 6, 8.
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Jerome
““All flesh is grass and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
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Cyprian of Carthage
““Cry,” says the Lord to Isaiah, “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of it as the flower of the grass: the grass withereth, and the flower fadeth; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
Read the whole comment“The grass withered, and the flower hath fallen away; but the word of the Lord abideth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And by this he means the alteration of the elements into flesh; “for all flesh,” he says, “is grass.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Et omnis caro fenum, et omnis gloria ejus quasi flos feni; et fenum quidem exsiccatur, flos autem decidit, sed verbum Domini manet,” quod unxit artimam et uniit spiritui.” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“…is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass is withered, and the flower has fallen; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever;” let him hear the Spirit interpreting the matter in question by Jeremiah, “And I scattered them like dry sticks, that are made to fly by the wind into the…” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6–8.
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Cross-references · 35
Cited together with
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 24.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 6:1–14 (13) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 24.
Cited together in Catechism §990.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 16 and 2 other places.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 16 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:30–34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §990.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.7.
Cited together in Catechism §990.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.33.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 24.
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1 Peter 1:24 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:6 (7 words in common).