After them, seven ears of corn #– #withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind #– #sprouted up.
2 Kings 19:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is why their inhabitants had little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like plants of the field, the green herb, the grass on the housetops, blasted before it is grown up. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up. Common English Bible Their citizens have lost their power. They are frightened and ashamed. They’ve become like plants in a field, tender green shoots, the grass on rooftops, burned up before it matures. Catholic Public Domain Version And whoever may settle in these, they have trembled, with a weak hand, and they have been confounded. They have become like the hay of the field, and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops, which dry up before they reached maturity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the inhabitants of them were weak of hand: they trembled and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the green herb on the tops of houses, which withered before it came to maturity. |
After them, seven ears of corn #– #withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind #– #sprouted up.
After them, seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.
They will be horrified; pain and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labour. They will look at each other, their faces flushed with fear.
Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, and there remained among them only the badly wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city.” ’
Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, her gate bars are shattered.
The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the fighting men are terrified.
The Lord answered Moses, ‘Is the Lord’s arm weak? , Now you will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.’
Only don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Don’t be afraid of them! ’
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,