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2 Kings 19:26 Meaning

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 Explained

24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

25Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

26Therefore 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.

27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

28Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Key Themes

fearpowerlessnessdespair

Related Cross References

  • Isaiah 37:27

    This verse describes the fear and helplessness of the inhabitants, similar to this verse.

  • Matthew 6:30

    This verse speaks about the fragility of life, paralleling the imagery of grass and herbs.

  • Psalm 103:15-16

    Both verses reflect on the fleeting nature of human life and strength.

Source: 2 Kings 19:26