27. Therefore—not because of thy power, but because I made them unable to withstand thee.
grass—which easily withers (Isa 40:6; Ps 37:2).
on … housetops—which having little earth to nourish it fades soonest (Ps 129:6-8).
corn blasted before it be grown up—Smith translates, "The cornfield (frail and tender), before the corn is grown."