I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water.

The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,’

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.