<p class="poetry">All the stars in the sky will fade away,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the sky will roll up like a scroll;p> <p class="poetry">all its stars will wither,p> <p class="poetry">like a leaf withers and falls from a vinep> <p class="poetry">or a fig withers and falls from a tree.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth<n id="1" /> dries up<n id="2" /> and withers,p> <p class="poetry">the world shrivels up and withers;p> <p class="poetry">the prominent people of the earth<n id="3" /> fade away.p>

<p class="poetry">Foreigners lose their courage;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they shake with fear<n id="2" /> as they leave<n id="3" /> their strongholds.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">foreigners lose their courage;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they shake with fear<n id="2" /> as they leave<n id="3" /> their strongholds.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will pelt you with filth;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will treat you with contempt;p> <p class="poetry">I will make you a public spectacle.p>

You will surely wear out,<n id="1" /> both you and these people who are with you, for this is too<n id="2" /> heavy a burden<n id="3" /> for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

<p class="poetry">But as<n id="1" /> a mountain falls away and crumbles,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and as a rock will be removed from its place,p>

<p class="poetry">For they will quickly dry up like grass,p> <p class="poetry">and wither away like plants.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or if you have planned evil,p> <p class="poetry">put<n id="2" /> your hand over your mouth!p>

<p class="poetry">The grass dries up,p> <p class="poetry">the flowers wither,p> <p class="poetry">but the decree of our God is forever reliable.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">But Jeshurun<n id="1" /> became fat and kicked,p> <p class="poetry">you<n id="2" /> got fat, thick, and stuffed!p> <p class="poetry">Then he deserted the God who made him,p> <p class="poetry">and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.p>

<p class="poetry">For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither,p> <p class="poetry">like an orchard<n id="1" /> that is unwatered.p>

<p class="poetry">The grass dries up,p> <p class="poetry">the flowers wither,p> <p class="poetry">when the wind sent by the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> blows on them.p> <p class="poetry">Surely humanity<n id="2" /> is like grass.p>

<p class="poetry">He is like<n id="1" /> a tree planted by flowing streams;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it<n id="3" /> yields<n id="4" /> its fruit at the proper time,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and its leaves never fall off.<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">He succeeds in everything he attempts.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The splendid crown of Ephraim&#8217;s drunkards is doomed,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the withering flower, its beautiful splendor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">situated<n id="3" /> at the head of a rich valley,p> <p class="poetry">the crown of those overcome with wine.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">We are all like one who is unclean,p> <p class="poetry">all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">We all wither like a leaf;p> <p class="poetry">our sins carry us away like the wind.p>

<p class="poetry">I will take away their harvests,<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lord.sc>p> <p class="poetry">There will be no grapes on their vines.p> <p class="poetry">There will be no figs on their fig trees.p> <p class="poetry">Even the leaves on their trees will wither.p> <p class="poetry">The crops that I gave them will be taken away.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the honor of your name,<n id="1" /> do not treat Jerusalem<n id="2" /> with contempt.p> <p class="poetry">Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For a son thinks his father is a fool,p> <p class="poetry">a daughter challenges<n id="1" /> her mother,p> <p class="poetry">and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;p> <p class="poetry">a man&#8217;s enemies are his own servants.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,p> <p class="poetry">situated at the head of a rich valley,p> <p class="poetry">will be like an early fig before harvest &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">as soon as someone notices it,p> <p class="poetry">he grabs it and swallows it.<n id="1" />p>