6. 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.
7. The grass withers, the flower fadeswhen the breath of the Lord blows on it;surely the people are grass.
8. The grass withers, the flower fades,but the word of our God will stand forever.
9. Go on up to a high mountain,O Zion, herald of good news;lift up your voice with strength,O Jerusalem, herald of good news;lift it up, fear not;say to the cities of Judah,“Behold your God!”
10. Behold, the Lord God comes with might,and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him,and his recompense before him.
11. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom,and gently lead those that are with young.
12. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his handand marked off the heavens with a span,enclosed the dust of the earth in a measureand weighed the mountains in scalesand the hills in a balance?
13. Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord,or what man shows him his counsel?
14. Whom did he consult,and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice,and taught him knowledge,and showed him the way of understanding?
15. Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,and are accounted as the dust on the scales;behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.