2 Kings 19:26

New International Reader's Version

Their people do not have any power left. They are troubled and put to shame. They are like plants in the field. They are like new green plants. They are like grass that grows on a roof. It dries up before it is completely grown.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were weak and thin and dried up by the east wind.

Genesis 41:6

After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and dried up by the east wind.

Psalm 102:11

The days of my life are like an evening shadow. I dry up like grass.

Psalm 127:1

If the Lord doesn’t build a house, the work of the builders is useless. If the Lord doesn’t watch over a city, it’s useless for those on guard duty to stand watch over it.

Psalm 92:7

Those who are evil spring up like grass. Those who do wrong succeed. But they will be destroyed forever.

Isaiah 13:8

The people will be filled with terror. Pain and suffering will grab hold of them. They will groan with pain like a woman having a baby. They’ll look at one another in terror. Their faces will burn with shame.

Jeremiah 37:10

Suppose you destroy all the armies of Babylon that are attacking you. Suppose only wounded men are left in their tents. Even then they will come out and burn down this city.’ ”

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting. They remain in their forts. Their strength is all gone. They have become weak. Their buildings are set on fire. The metal bars that lock their gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:32

The places where people go across the Euphrates River have been captured. The swamps have been set on fire. And the soldiers are terrified.”

Numbers 11:23

The Lord answered Moses, “Am I not strong enough? Now you will see whether what I say will come true for you.”

Numbers 14:9

But don’t refuse to obey him. And don’t be afraid of the people of the land. We will swallow them up. The Lord is with us. So nothing can save them. Don’t be afraid of them.”

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.

1 Peter 1:24

It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.