Isaiah 40:5 (DRB)

Passage

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 40:3 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God.

Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways plain.

Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh together shall see, that the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.

Isaiah 40:6 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7 The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glory", "lord", "shall", "revealed", "flesh", "together", and "mouth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glory" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Every valley shall be exalted and every..." into verse 6's "The voice of one saying Cry And...", so "glory" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "glory" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.