2 Kings 19:26
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.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. Hezekiah receives the Rabshakeh's message in the temple, tears his clothes, and sends to Isaiah for a word; Isaiah predicts Sennacherib will fall by a sword in his own land. A second blasphemous letter arrives; Hezekiah prays in the temple. …
Other Translations
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.
And their inhabitants <FI>are<Fi> feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn--before it hath risen up!
This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.
Cross References
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for …
And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall …
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof …
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are …
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they …
A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the …
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall …
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded …
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, …