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The Spirit of the Lord; or, the breath, &c, as this word is rendered, Psa_147:18; the wind, as it frequently signifies, which hath this effect upon grass and flowers, Psa_103:16 Jam_1:11.
The people; the same which he called flesh, and said they were grass, Isa_40:6; 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 Jews no less than the Gentiles; for here is an article in the Hebrew text, which is frequently emphatical and restrictive.