6 A voice was saying, “Cry out!”

Another said,C “What should I cry out?”

“All humanity is grass,ad

and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.a

7 The grass withers, the flowers fade

when the breathA of the Lord blows on them;B

indeed, the people are grass.

8 The grass withers, the flowers fade,b

but the word of our God remains forever.”c