What does Isaiah 40:6 say?

A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is As a flower of the field:

What translation is this?

This passage is displayed in the Young's Literal Translation (YLT) translation on Scripture Lens.

What are related verses?

Related passages to Isaiah 40:6 include Isaiah 1:16-20, Jeremiah 7:1-15, Amos 5:21-24, Isaiah 40:5, and Isaiah 40:7, and more.

Isaiah 40:6 (YLT)

Passage

A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh <FI>is<Fi> grass, and all its goodliness <FI>is<Fi> As a flower of the field:

Nearby Context

Isaiah 40:4 Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

Isaiah 40:5 And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen <FI>it<Fi> have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Isaiah 40:6 A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh <FI>is<Fi> grass, and all its goodliness <FI>is<Fi> As a flower of the field:

Isaiah 40:7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people <FI>is<Fi> grass;

Isaiah 40:8 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "voice", "saying", "call", "said", "flesh", "grass", and "goodliness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "voice" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And revealed hath been the honour of..." into verse 7's "Withered hath grass faded the flower For...", so "voice" and "saying" 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 "voice" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.