Isaiah 40:3-8

3A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

4Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth and the rough places, a plain.

5And the glory of the Lord will appear, and all humanity together will see it, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

6A voice was saying, “Cry out!” Another said, “What should I cry out?” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

7The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

8The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.”