The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'herbe sèche, la fleur tombe, Quand le vent de l'Eternel souffle dessus. -Certainement le peuple est comme l'herbe:
KJV
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people [is] grass.
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
ted the unbelievers, of whom it is said, “The grass hath dried up, and the flowers thereof faded.” [ Isa 40:7 ] By the oven eternal damnation; so that the sense be, If God bestows temporal goods on the unbelievers, how much more shall He bestow on you eternal goods! 31. “Therefor…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
abetis, sed quid estis. Vultis audire quid estis? Propheta indicat dicens: Vere fenum est populus (Isa. XL, 7) ; si enim fenum populus non est, ubi sunt illi qui ea quae hodie colimus vobiscum, [Col. 0257A] transacto anno beatae Felicitatis natalitia celebraverunt? O quanta et…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 146 (Migne)
calamitatibus, quam cito et velociter exsufflante spiritu Dei exsiccetur foenum temporalis gloriae (Isai. XL, 7, 8) , cogitavit seculo renunciare; statimque ad explendum [Col. 1072B] quod cogitaverat praeceps abisset, nisi in ea impetum spiritus amici maturioribus [Note: [Col. 1…
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