Isaiah 40:5 (LSB)

Passage

Then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”

Nearby Context

Isaiah 40:3 A voice is calling, “Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 40:4 Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley;

Isaiah 40:5 Then the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”

Isaiah 40:6 A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its lovingkindness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of Yahweh blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Let every valley be lifted up And..." into verse 6's "A voice says Call out Then he...", so "glory" and "yahweh" 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 "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.