2 Kings 19:26

26 Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops,[a] blasted by the east wind.[b]

2 Kings 19:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:26

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:26 In-Context

24 I dug [wells], and I drank foreign waters. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.
25 Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.
26 Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind.
27 But I know your sitting down, your going out and your coming in, and your raging against Me.
28 Because your raging against Me and your arrogance have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Ps 129:6
  • [b]. DSS; MT reads blasted before standing grain; Isa 37:27
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