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They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a> That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. <a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a> while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Therefore their inhabitants were powerless, They were shattered and put to shame; They were like the vegetation of the field and the green grass, Like grass on the housetops that is scorched before it has grown. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So their inhabitants were short of power; They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the plant of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the rooftops is scorched before it rises. <a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Therefore their inhabitants had little power, They were terrorized and shamed; They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation, Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown. <a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Their people became weak, terribly confused. They were like wild flowers or like tender young grass growing on a flat roof or like a field of grain before it matures. <a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, dried up by the east wind. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people who lived there were powerless; they were frightened and stunned. They were like grass in a field or weeds growing on a roof when the hot east wind blasts them. <a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a> Their inhabitants are devoid of power, and are terrified and put to shame. They've become like plants in the field, like green shoots, like grass on rooftops, scorched by the east wind. <a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a> Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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 grain, before it has risen up. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And their inhabitants short of hand; they were dismayed and ashamed; they were the greet herb of the field and the verdure, and the tender grass of the enclosure of the roofs, and a blasting before it rose up.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Their inhabitants had unsteady hands. They trembled and were confused. They became like the plants of the field, and the grass of the pastures, and like the weeds on the rooftops, which wither before they are mature. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a> Their people powerless, dismayed and distraught, They are plants of the field, green growth, thatch on the rooftops, Grain scorched by the east wind. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded; they have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Whose inhabitants were weak, and were defeated and confounded, and became like the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, as tender blades of wheat blasted before it is grown up. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For their inhabitants’ hands have weakened among them. They were broken down and ashamed and they were like grass of the field and like the green of spring and like the corn of the roof and like a tender sprout before a stalk<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 is grown up. <a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7962" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied</a> …26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. 27<a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·yō·šə·ḇê·hen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">Therefore their inhabitants,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7116.htm" title="7116: qiṣ·rê- (Adj-mpc) -- Short. From qatsar; short.">devoid</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of power,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2865.htm" title="2865: ḥat·tū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either by violence, or by confusion and fear.">are dismayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/954.htm" title="954: wā·ḇō·šū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be ashamed. A primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. By implication to be ashamed; also to be disappointed or delayed.">and ashamed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">They are like</a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: ‘ê·śeḇ (N-msc) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">plants</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: śā·ḏeh (N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">in the field,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3419.htm" title="3419: wî·raq (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Herbs, herbage. From the same as yereq; properly, green; concretely, a vegetable.">tender</a> <a href="/hebrew/1877.htm" title="1877: de·še (N-ms) -- Grass. From dasha; a sprout; by analogy, grass.">green shoots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2682.htm" title="2682: ḥă·ṣîr (N-msc) -- Green grass, herbage. Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek.">grass</a> <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm" title="1406: gag·gō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A roof, a top. Probably by reduplication from ga'ah; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar.">on the rooftops,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7709.htm" title="7709: ū·šə·ḏê·māh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A field. Apparently from sadeh; a cultivated field.">scorched</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/7054.htm" title="7054: qā·māh (N-fs) -- Standing grain. Feminine of active participle of quwm; something that rises, i.e. A stalk of grain.">it is grown.</a> 28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Psalm 129:6</a> May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a> No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. <a href="/isaiah/41-2.htm">Isaiah 41:2</a> Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. <a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15-16</a> Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. / You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Isaiah 42:15</a> I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. <a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm">Isaiah 44:27</a> who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’ <a href="/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1-2</a> This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. <a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Isaiah 47:14</a> Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside. <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a> Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Job 8:12</a> While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass. <a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16</a> The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. <a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5-8</a> the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? / Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, / he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ ... <a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Ezekiel 17:9-10</a> So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots. / Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’” <a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Ezekiel 19:12</a> But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.their inhabitants<a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Isaiah 19:16</a> In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.<a href="/numbers/14-9.htm">Numbers 14:9</a> Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.<a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a> 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.of small power.<a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a> The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: … <a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2</a> For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.<a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5,6</a> Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Blasted</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-25.htm">Cold</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-17.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/psalms/65-10.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Feeble-Handed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Green</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-27.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Housetops</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">House-Tops</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-10.htm">Little</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-10.htm">Powerless</a> <a href="/songs/7-9.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Scorched</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Short</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Small</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Sprouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/job/30-5.htm">Townsmen</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Vegetation</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Blasted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Cold</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Confounded</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-2.htm">Feeble-Handed</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Grown</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Housetops</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">House-Tops</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm">Little</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-9.htm">Powerless</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Roof</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Scorched</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Short</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-15.htm">Small</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Sprouting</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/luke/8-27.htm">Townsmen</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Vegetation</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm">Wind</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a> 6. <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a> 14. <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a> 36. <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a> 37. <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, the Assyrian Empire was known for its military might and brutal conquests, leaving the inhabitants of defeated cities powerless. Theologically, this can be seen as a demonstration of God's sovereignty over nations, where human strength is insufficient without divine support. This aligns with the biblical theme that true power comes from God, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/62-11.htm">Psalm 62:11</a>.are dismayed and ashamed. The emotional state of dismay and shame reflects the humiliation and fear experienced by those who have been defeated. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, defeat often brought disgrace not only to the people but also to their gods, as military victories were seen as a reflection of divine favor. This phrase underscores the futility of relying on human strength and the inevitable shame that follows when God is not acknowledged as the source of true power.They are like plants in the field, This simile draws on agricultural imagery common in the Bible, symbolizing vulnerability and transience. Plants in the field are subject to the elements and can be easily destroyed, much like the inhabitants who are defenseless against the Assyrian onslaught. This imagery is reminiscent of other biblical passages, such as <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a>, which compare human life to grass that flourishes and then fades.tender green shoots, The mention of "tender green shoots" emphasizes the fragility and early stage of growth, suggesting that the inhabitants are not only vulnerable but also lacking in maturity and strength. This can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual immaturity or a lack of preparedness in the face of adversity. The Bible often uses agricultural metaphors to describe spiritual growth and maturity, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_peter/2-2.htm">1 Peter 2:2</a>.grass on the rooftops, Grass growing on rooftops is an image of futility and impermanence, as such grass lacks deep roots and is easily scorched by the sun. In the historical context, flat roofs in ancient Israel were often covered with a thin layer of soil where grass might sprout, but it would not last long. This imagery is used in <a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Psalm 129:6</a> to describe the fleeting success of the wicked, reinforcing the idea that without a strong foundation, prosperity is short-lived.scorched before it is grown. This final phrase highlights the inevitability of destruction before maturity is reached. It serves as a warning of the consequences of pride and self-reliance, as well as a reminder of the judgment that comes from God. The scorching heat can be seen as a metaphor for divine judgment, similar to the refining fire mentioned in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>. This imagery also points to the ultimate futility of human efforts apart from God's blessing and protection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah during the time of the Assyrian threat. He sought God's help against the Assyrian king Sennacherib. 2. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a> The king of Assyria who invaded Judah and threatened Jerusalem, boasting of his conquests and power. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's message to King Hezekiah, assuring him of divine intervention against Assyria. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, under siege by the Assyrian army, representing God's chosen people and His promise to protect them. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_army.htm">Assyrian Army</a> The powerful military force that threatened Judah, symbolizing worldly power and arrogance against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/human_frailty_vs._divine_power.htm">Human Frailty vs. Divine Power</a> The inhabitants are described as powerless, like grass that withers quickly. This imagery reminds us of our dependence on God and the futility of relying solely on human strength. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> Despite Assyria's might, God demonstrates His control over nations. Believers can trust in God's ultimate authority over world events. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a> The Assyrians' arrogance led to their downfall. We are called to walk humbly with God, recognizing that pride precedes destruction. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Hezekiah's faith in God's promise through Isaiah resulted in deliverance. We are encouraged to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem dire. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's response to the threat was prayer. This teaches us the importance of seeking God in times of trouble and relying on His intervention.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_women_pastors.htm">What is my purpose for being created by God?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_judah_harvest_post-siege.htm">In Isaiah 37:30-32, how can a devastated Judah produce such an abundant harvest within a single season after the Assyrian siege?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_leviathan_in_isaiah_27_1_explained.htm">How can Isaiah 27:1 be reconciled with scientific knowledge in describing Leviathan as a literal sea monster?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jesus_dismiss_the_canaanite_woman.htm">If Jesus is all-loving, why does He initially dismiss the Canaanite woman so harshly (Matthew 15:24-26)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Therefore.--Better, and.They were as the grass of the field.--One symbol of weakness follows after another. The "grass upon the housetops" was, in this respect, a proverbial emblem (<a href="/psalms/129-6.htm" title="Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up:">Psalm 129:6</a>). The italics in as corn seem to suggest some error in transcription. The words as they stand give a field before the blades; those in <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm" title="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 be grown up.">2Kings 19:26</a>, a blasting.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - Therefore. The original is not so emphatic, but still contains the idea, not merely of sequence, but of consequence. God, having decreed the successes of the Assyrians, effected them (in part) by infusing weakness into the nations that were their adversaries. They were as the grass of the field (comp. <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6, 7</a>). The comparison is one constantly used by the Hebrew psalmists (<a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15</a>), and was not unknown to the Assyrians ('Records of the Past,' vol. 3. p. 41; vol. 5. p. 14). The delicate grass of spring in the East withers within a few weeks, and the fresh and tender herbage becomes yellow, parched, and sapless. The grass that springs upon the earthen roofs of houses fails even more rapidly (comp. <a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Psalm 129:6</a>). As corn blasted before it be grown up; literally, like a field before the stalk. Our translators seem to have rightly preferred the reading of <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a> (sh'dephah, equivalent to "blasting") to that of Isaiah (sh'demah, equivalent to "field") in this place. Their rendering brings out the true sense. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore their inhabitants, וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ (wə·yō·šə·ḇê·hen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry devoid קִצְרֵי־ (qiṣ·rê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7116.htm">Strong's 7116: </a> Short of power, יָ֔ד (yāḏ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand are dismayed חַ֖תּוּ (ḥat·tū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2865.htm">Strong's 2865: </a> 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 <a href="/hebrew/strongs_954.htm">Strong's 954: </a> To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed They are הָי֞וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be plants עֵ֤שֶׂב (‘ê·śeḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> Herb, herbage of the field, שָׂדֶה֙ (śā·ḏeh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land tender וִ֣ירַק (wî·raq) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3419.htm">Strong's 3419: </a> Green, a vegetable green shoots, דֶּ֔שֶׁא (de·še) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1877.htm">Strong's 1877: </a> A sprout, grass grass חֲצִ֣יר (ḥă·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2682.htm">Strong's 2682: </a> Green grass, herbage on the roofs, גַּגּ֔וֹת (gag·gō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1406.htm">Strong's 1406: </a> A roof, the top of an altar scorched וּשְׁדֵמָ֖ה (ū·šə·ḏê·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7709.htm">Strong's 7709: </a> A cultivated field before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face it is grown. קָמָֽה׃ (qā·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7054.htm">Strong's 7054: </a> Something that rises, a stalk of grain <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>