Psalm 48:4-7 pictures kings fleeing in terror — the same sudden panic and weakness seen here in the besieged inhabitants.

Psalm 92:7 says the wicked spring like grass but are destroyed forever—the same image of transient flourishing used here for powerless nations.

Psalm 102:11 compares the psalmist's days to withered grass, echoing this verse's depiction of human transience and frailty.

Psalm 129:6 uses the exact same image—'grass upon the housetops that withers before it grows up'—to describe the wicked's fate.

Isaiah 40:6-8 famously declares 'all flesh is grass,' amplifying this verse's grass metaphor into a universal statement on human mortality.

James 1:10 says the rich pass away like a flower of grass, directly applying this verse's grass imagery to social status.

James 1:11 describes grass withered by the sun's heat, mirroring this verse's 'corn blasted before it grow up' imagery of sudden destruction.

1 Peter 1:24 quotes Isaiah 40:6-8—'all flesh is grass'—which builds on this verse's comparison of people to transient grass.

Isaiah 37:27 is the parallel account of this same event, using identical wording—'grass on the housetops'—to describe the Assyrian threat.

Numbers 11:23 asks if God's hand is shortened, contrasting the inhabitants' weakness with the Lord's unlimited power.

Numbers 14:9 says the enemy's protection is removed, just as these people are rendered helpless like grass.