Therefore. — Better, and.

They were as the grass of the field. — One symbol of weakness follows after another. The “grass upon the housetops” was, in this respect, a proverbial emblem (Psalms 129:6). The italics in as corn seem to suggest some error in transcription. The words as they stand give a field before the blades; those in 2 Kings 19:26, a blasting.

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