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# General Information:
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In these verses Peter quotes a passage from the prophet Isaiah relating to what he has just said about them being born of imperishable seed.
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# All flesh is like grass, and all its
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The word "flesh" refers to humanity. The prophet Isaiah compares humanity to grass that grows and dies quickly. Alternate translation: "All people will die like grass dies, and all their" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# glory is like the wild flower of the grass
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Here the word "glory" refers to beauty or goodness. Isaiah compares the things that people consider to be good or beautiful about humanity to flowers that die quickly. Alternate translation: "goodness soon stops, just as flowers soon die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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