²⁵     Don’t you know?
        I did this thing a long time ago;
    From the beginning, I planned it.
        I have now done it,
    So that you might cause strong cities
        to turn into piles of rubble.
²⁶     Those who lived there were weak;
        they were distressed and humiliated.
    They became like the grass that grows in the field
        and also like the green herb,
    Just like grass that grows on the roofs of houses
        but is burned by the sun before it gets too high and thick.
²⁷     But I am aware of everything you do—
        when you sit down, when you go out, when you return—
        and I am aware of your fury against Me.