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Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
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The Rooftop Grass Metaphor
Commentators explain that ancient homes had flat, earthen roofs where grass could sprout after a rain. With no deep soil and full exposure to the sun, this grass would wither almost immediately. It was a vivid, everyday image of something that appears quickly but has no substance, strength, or lasting future.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops—The housetops, or roofs of houses, covered with sand or earth, in which seeds of grass …
19th Century
Anglican
Which withereth afore it groweth up. —This clause, with its Aramaic colouring, probably contains a textual error. The con…
Baptist
So the adversaries of the Church of God may grow as fast as grass on the roof of a house, but they will perish just as fast, and there will be noth…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops The tops of the houses in Judea were flat, and so grass grew upon them, bei…
While God's people will flourish like the loaded palm tree or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies will wither like the grass upon the house…
