Then suddenly, there were seven ears of corn, dried up, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
2 Kings 19:26 - Tree of Life Version Their inhabitants are weak-handed, shattered and ashamed They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up. 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. |
Then suddenly, there were seven ears of corn, dried up, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
Then behold, there were seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and tossed me aside.
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Adonai builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless Adonai watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain.
They will be terrified; pain and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe as a woman in labor; they will look aghast at one another— their faces aflame!
For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.
The fords have also been seized and the marshes burned with fire, so the warriors are in panic.
Adonai said to Moses, “Is Adonai’s arm too short? Now you will see whether My word will come true for you or not.”
Only don’t rebel against Adonai, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They will be food for us. The protection over them is gone. Adonai is with us! Do not fear them.”
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in your ear, proclaim from the housetops!
For, “All humanity is like grass, And all its glory like a wildflower. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,