2 Kings 19:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water.
I have dried up the streams of Egypt
    with the soles of my feet.’
²⁵ “Have you not heard?
    Long ago I established it,
    in ancient times I planned it.
Now I have ordained that you break down
    fortified cities into piles of ruins.
²⁶ Their inhabitants, having lost their power,
    have become dismayed and confounded.
They are like the grass in the field,
    like a green plant,
like grass growing on the roof
    that is scorched before it can grow.