2 Kings 19:25-27

Contemporary English Version

²⁵ Sennacherib, now listen
    to me, the Lord.
I planned all this long ago.
And you don't even realize
    that I alone am the one
who decided that you
    would do these things.
I let you make ruins
    of fortified cities.
²⁶ Their people became weak,
    terribly confused.
They were like wild flowers
or tender young grass
    growing on a flat roof,
scorched before it matures.^[a]

²⁷ I know all about you,
even how fiercely angry
    you are with me.