Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 40:7

7. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because the Spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it▪ surely the People is grass.

Or, The breath, &c. as this word is rendred, Psal. 147. 18. the wind as it frequently signifies, which hath this effect upon grass and flowers, Psal. 103. 16. Iam. 1. 11.

The same which he called Flesh, and said they were Grass, ver. 6. Which that he might prove, in this verse he first declares the frail nature of Grass and Flowers, and then he applies this to the People: Or, this People, the Iewes no less than the Gentiles; for here is an Article in the Hebrew Text, which is frequently emphatical and restrictive.

Marginal references: Psal. 147. 18. Hos. 13. 15.