Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.’