2 Kings 19:26 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Because God had ordained it, the conquered peoples were as frail as grass that withers before it grows.
What Does 2 Kings 19:26 Mean?
God explains why those nations fell so readily. It was not Assyria's invincibility but God's appointment that left their inhabitants weak and dismayed. They were like grass of the field, like tender herbs, like grass on a rooftop scorched before it can grow tall. Their frailty was the reason for their fall.
The image is gentle and sobering. Whole peoples that seemed to stand are shown to be as fleeting as grass that springs up on a roof and withers in a day. Sennacherib mistook their God-given weakness for his own strength. So it is with all earthly power: what looks like unstoppable conquest may be only the brief flourishing of grass. The Scriptures often measure human might against the grass of the field, to remind us how soon it fades and how lasting God alone is.
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What does 2 Kings 19:26 mean?
Because God had ordained it, the conquered peoples were as frail as grass that withers before it grows.