2 Kings 19:24-26

International Standard Version

²⁵ ‘Didn’t you hear?
    I determined it years ago!
I planned this from ancient times,
    and now I’ve brought it to pass,
to turn fortified cities
    into piles of ruins
²⁶ while their inhabitants, lacking strength,
    stand dismayed and confused.
They were like vegetation out in the fields,
    and like green herbs—
just as grass that grows on a housetop
    dries out before it can grow.