II Kings 19:26
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Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
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Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”