(1.) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapidly fades under the scorching sun, it is used as an image of the brevity of human life (Isa. 40:6, 7; Ps. 90:5). In Num. 11:5 this word is rendered "leeks." (2.) Heb. deshe', green grass (Gen. 1:11, 12; Isa. 66:14; Deut. 32:2). "The sickly and forced blades of grass which spring up on the flat plastered roofs of houses in the East are used as an emblem of speedy destruction, because they are small and weak, and because, under the scorching rays of the sun, they soon wither away" (2 Kings 19:26; Ps. 129:6; Isa. 37:27). The dry stalks of grass were often used as fuel for the oven (Matt. 6:30; 13:30; Luke 12:28). A green herb -- Mr 6:39. Called Grass of the earth. -- Re 9:4. Grass of the field. -- Nu 22:4. Springs out of the earth -- 2Sa 23:4. God Originally created. -- Ge 1:11,12. The giver of. -- De 11:15. Causes to grow. -- Ps 104:14; 147:8. Adorns and clothes. -- Mt 6:30. Often grew on the tops of houses -- Ps 129:6. When young, soft and tender -- Pr 27:25. Refreshed by rain and dew -- De 32:2; Pr 19:12. Cattle fed upon -- Job 6:5; Jer 50:11. Ovens often heated with -- Mt 6:30. Destroyed by Locusts. -- Re 9:4. Hail and lightning. -- Re 8:7. Drought. -- 1Ki 17:1; 18:5. Failure of, a great calamity -- Isa 15:5,6. Sufferings of cattle from failure of, described -- Jer 14:5,6. Illustrative Of shortness and uncertainty of life. -- Ps 90:5,6; 103:15; Isa 40:6,7; 1Pe 1:24. Of prosperity of the wicked. -- Ps 92:7. (Refreshed by dew and showers,) of the saints refreshed by grace. -- Ps 72:6; Mic 5:7. (On tops of houses,) of the wicked. -- 2Ki 19:26; Isa 37:27.
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