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Isaiah 37:27

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.Henand inhabitants theirH3427 →
קִצְרֵי־kitz.rei-[were] short ofH7116 →
יָ֔דYadhandH3027 →
חַ֖תּוּCha.tuthey were dismayedH2865 →
וָבֹ֑שׁוּva.Vo.shuand they were ashamedH954 →
הָי֞וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
עֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sev[the] vegetation ofH6212 →
שָׂדֶה֙sa.Deh[the] fieldH7704 →
וִ֣ירַקVi.rakand [the] greenery ofH3419 →
דֶּ֔שֶׁאDe.she'vegetationH1877 →
חֲצִ֣ירcha.Tzirgrass ofH2682 →
גַּגּ֔וֹתga.GotroofsH1406 →
וּשְׁדֵמָ֖הu.she.de.Mahand a fieldH7709 →
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
קָמָֽה׃ka.Mahstanding grainH7054 →

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Psalms 129:6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.Psalms 127:1–2Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.2 Kings 19:26Therefore 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.Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.Psalms 90:5–6You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.Isaiah 40:6–8A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.James 1:10–11But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.Jeremiah 37:10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.Isaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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