Isaiah 40:4-8 New Century Version (NCV)

4. Every valley should be raised up,and every mountain and hill should be made flat.The rough ground should be made level,and the rugged ground should be made smooth.

5. Then the glory of the Lord will be shown,and all people together will see it.The Lord himself said these things.”

6. A voice says, “Cry out!”Then I said, “What shall I cry out?”“Say all people are like the grass,and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

7. The grass dies and the flowers fallwhen the breath of the Lord blows on them.Surely the people are like grass.

8. The grass dies and the flowers fall,but the word of our God will live forever.”

Isaiah 40