Let them be like grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up. The comparison to transient vegetation—grass sprouting on arid rooftops without root system in soil—conveys swift, complete destruction. Housetop grass, lacking water source and depth, cannot flourish; it withers almost as soon as it emerges, a fleeting appearance of growth. This image suggests not that enemies will be spared but that their apparent strength will prove illusory and their destruction inevitable. The metaphor echoes broader biblical language for human weakness and evanescence (cf. Isa. 40:6-8), applying it to those who oppose God's purposes. The drying up of this grass becomes a natural, inevitable process requiring no special intervention—justice follows its own organic course.

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