The present time is evil and troublous, but the future is bright with glory. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. In the presence of these glorious outlinings of the future, we are apt to feel the present to be a languishing and dispiriting affair. It is the very background of the picture of glory shown to us in Isa.
All flesh is grass, and all the goodness thereof as the flower of the field.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth. While groaning under the vanity, let us not despair, nor give in to its oppressiveness. The word of our God shall stand for ever. This confidence is rooted in our confidence in God Himself. He asks this after appealing to the underived wisdom and power that have organized heaven and earth.