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Verses 1-2 are words of comfort (go figure). This is probably during the time when Israel was getting pwned by some enemy nation. This is probably happening because they were being disobedient and this was some form of discipline/punishment (hence the phrase, "her iniquity is pardoned"). The part I'm not really getting is receiving double for all [her] sins. Verse 3, I know, is a prophecy about John the Baptist (Matthew 3:3). Pretty cool how some of these things are straightforward prophetic words about Jesus's time. Going on to verses 4 and 5, there seems to be a calling for "flatness." What I mean by that is anything that is above/below sea level (getting a little technical here HUR HUR) will be brought to that level. I think the meaning to this is found in verse 5: the glory of the LORD shall be revealed. Nothing will be in the way to conceal this glory, and it will be plain to everyone ("all flesh shall see it together"). I don't know if this "glory" is alluding to Jesus but I guess it wouldn't hurt to come to that conclusion. I love verses 6-8. So basically our existence/presence is like grass and flowers. Grass and flowers are really pretty and they're nice to look at. However, they're also so easily uprooted/destroyed. Verse 7 basically says with one breath, God can obliterate our existence. This is a scary thought. This same kind of frail existence about plants is mentioned in Matthew 6:30. But it's awesome that in the same verse, Jesus implies that God's love for us can't be compared to His love for plants (He loves us more lol). So two things I'm getting out of this is that we're frail creatures, which gives us another reason to live humble before God. But at the same time, we are loved beyond measure and do not need to be anxious, for we are in the hands of a loving God. Verse 8 talks about the eternal character of God's word. This reminds me of Matthew 5:18 (lol a lot of Matthew). God's word lasts forever. If I ever come back to this post to edit or something, remember what Maddie said...