The Thought of Death
Isaiah 40:8
The grass wither, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.


is not to be dwelt upon morbidly in the manner of Swift, who said, "I was forty-seven years old when I began to think of death, and the reflections upon it now begin when I wake in the morning and end when I am going to sleep." But it is well for us to have the thought at hand.

(W. R. Nicoll, LL. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

WEB: The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever."




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