<p class="poetry">Although its roots may grow old<n id="1" /> in the groundp> <p class="poetry">and its stump begins to die<n id="2" /> in the soil,<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">A shoot will grow out of Jesse&#8217;s<n id="1" /> root stock,p> <p class="poetry">a bud will sprout<n id="2" /> from his roots.p>

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