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Isaiah 37:27

37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. Hast: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
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: Heb. short of hand

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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.

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 corn blasted before it be grown up.

37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. abode: or, sitting

What does Isaiah 37:27 mean?

Isaiah 37:27 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָשַׁב (yâshab), קָצֵר (qâtsêr), יָד (yâd).

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Therefore
their
inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
were
of
smallקָצֵרqâtsêr/kaw-tsare'/H7116short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
power,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
they
were
dismayedחָתַתchâthath/khaw-thath'/H2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
and
confounded:בּוּשׁbûwsh/boosh/H954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
they
were
as
the
grassעֶשֶׂבʻeseb/eh'seb/H6212grass (or any tender shoot)
of
the
field,שָׂדֶהsâdeh/saw-deh'/H7704a field (as flat)
and
as
the
greenיָרָקyârâq/yaw-rawk'/H3419properly, green; concretely, a vegetable
herb,דֶּשֶׁאdesheʼ/deh'-sheh/H1877a sprout; by analogy, grass
as
the
grassחָצִירchâtsîyr/khaw-tseer'/H2682grass; also a leek (collectively)
on
the
housetops,גָּגgâg/gawg/H1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
and
as
corn
blastedשְׁדֵמָהshᵉdêmâh/shed-ay-maw'/H7709a cultivated field
beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
it
be
grown
up.קָמָהqâmâh/kuw-maw'/H7054something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
of
small:
Heb.
short
of
hand

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2 Kings 19:26

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: Heb. short of hand

Deuteronomy 11:15

And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. send: Heb. give

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What does Isaiah 37:27 say?

Isaiah 37:27 (King James Version) reads: "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: Heb. short of hand"

Is Isaiah 37:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 37:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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