Graphic Bible · Scene 26 of 37

Distant conquered towns and fragile rooftop grass under heat evoke the vulnerability of their people without graphic harm.
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2 Kings 19:26

People like scorched grass

Hezekiah’s Prayer and Jerusalem’s Deliverance · 2 Kings 19

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26Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength; they were dismayed and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field and green growth, like grass on the housetops, and scorched before it is grown.

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