But the wheat and the rye were not stricken, for they had not grown up.

But he left the counsel of the old men which they had advised him, and talked with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, So shall you speak to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us, so you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

And their people were of small power, they were fearful and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field, and the green herb, like the grass on the house-tops, and like grain blasted before it was grown up.

And I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God. For our iniquities have increased over our heads, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

so that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters may be like corner-stones, polished like a palace building;