Isaiah 37:27
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The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.

their inhabitants

Isaiah 19:16 In that day Egypt shall be like unto women, and they shall be amazed, and afraid, because of the moving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall move over it.

Numbers 14:9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us, fear ye not.

2 Kings 19:26 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.

Psalm 127:1,2 A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it. . . .

Jeremiah 5:10 Scale the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's.

Jeremiah 37:10 Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,

of small power.

Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice of one, saying: Cry. And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field. . . .

Psalm 37:2 For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

Psalm 90:5,6 Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be. . . .

Psalm 92:7 When the wicked shall spring up as grass: and all the workers of iniquity shall appear: That they may perish for ever and ever:

Psalm 103:15 Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

Psalm 129:6 Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

James 1:10,11 And the rich, in his being low: because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away. . . .

1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered and the flower thereof is fallen away.

Context
The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied
26Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed. 27The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.28I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:27
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

Genesis 41:6
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,

Psalm 129:6
Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

Isaiah 40:7
The grass is withered, and the flower is fallen, because the spirit of the Lord hath blown upon it. Indeed the people is grass:

Lexicon
Therefore their inhabitants,
וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ (wə·yō·šə·ḇê·hen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

devoid
קִצְרֵי־ (qiṣ·rê-)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7116: Short

of power,
יָ֔ד (yāḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

are dismayed
חַ֖תּוּ (ḥat·tū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

and ashamed.
וָבֹ֑שׁוּ (wā·ḇō·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

They are
הָי֞וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

plants
עֵ֤שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6212: Herb, herbage

of the field,
שָׂדֶה֙ (śā·ḏeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

tender
וִ֣ירַק (wî·raq)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3419: Green, a vegetable

green shoots,
דֶּ֔שֶׁא (de·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1877: A sprout, grass

grass
חֲצִ֣יר (ḥă·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2682: Green grass, herbage

on the roofs,
גַּגּ֔וֹת (gag·gō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1406: A roof, the top of an altar

scorched
וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה (ū·šə·ḏê·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7709: A cultivated field

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

it is grown.
קָמָֽה׃ (qā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7054: Something that rises, a stalk of grain


Additional Translations
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender green shoots, grass on the roofs, scorched before it is grown.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.

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 a field of grain before it is grown up.

I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass.

And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field and the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

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 a field of corn before it be grown up.

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 house-tops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.

Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.

And their inhabitants are 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.
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