Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 37:27
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Isaiah37:27
27. Therefore--not because of thy power, but because I made them unable to withstand thee.
grass--which easily withers (Is 40:6; Psa 37:2).
on ... housetops--which having little earth to nourish it fades soonest (Psa 129:6-8).
corn blasted before it be grown up--Smith translates, "The cornfield (frail and tender), before the corn is grown."
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