Are Grass - Isaiah 40:6-8

Isaiah 40:6-8 ESV 

The Word of God Stands Forever

 A voice says, “ Cry!”

And I said, “What shall I cry?”

 All flesh is grass,

and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.

 The grass withers, the flower fades

when the breath of the Lord blows on it;

surely the people are grass.

 The grass withers, the flower fades,

but the word of our God will stand forever.

People are equated to the frailty and transitory nature of grass when compared to the strength and eternal reality of God. 

The word of God will enable man to stand forever in the presence of God and flower into a life that does not fade. It changes a man from grass that will die to a tree rooted in the Garden of Life. It is nourished by the river that flows from the throne of God.