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2 Kings 19

2 Kings 19:26

Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied · 2 Kings 19:20–34
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Therefore their dwellers are feeble of hand; they are dismayed and ashamed. They were as the grass of the field, and the greenness of the tender grass, as the grass of the roofs, and blighted before the face of standing grain.
Latin
Et qui sedent in eis, humiles manu, contremuerunt et confusi sunt: facti sunt velut fœnum agri, et virens herba tectorum, quæ arefacta est antequam veniret ad maturitatem.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

2 Kings 19:25–26

I have brought it to pass: God planned all of Sennacherib's great accomplishments.

2 Kings 19:21–28

The phrase Virgin Daughter is often used to describe a city or nation (Isaiah 23:12; 37:22; 47:1; Jeremiah 18:13). Here, it means that just as a young woman is saved from danger, God will save Jerusalem. The Lord's response came as a "taunt song," a common ancient Near Eastern literary form that celebrated an enemy's defeat (see Isaiah 14:3–20).

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 37:21–35

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Agency in Executing Judgments Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Grass: (On Tops of Houses) the Wicked Herbs of the Wicked Herbs: Called the Green Herbs Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Destruction of Sennacherib's Army, and his Death The Wicked are Compared to Corn Blasted The Wicked are Compared to Grass on the Housetop Wicked (People): Compared With: Corn (Grain) Blasted Wicked (People): Compared With: Grass on the Housetop