That when the wickedsproutedup likegrassAnd allwho didiniquityflourished,It [was only] that they might be destroyedforevermore.
"The tentsof the destroyersprosper,And those who provokeGodare secure,WhomGodbringsinto their power.
But transgressorswill be altogetherdestroyed;The posterityof the wickedwill be cutoff.
Behold,theseare the wicked;And alwaysat ease,they have increased[in] wealth.
Then I was senselessand ignorant;I was [like] a beastbeforeYou.
They pourforth[words], they speakarrogantly;Allwho dowickednessvauntthemselves.
"For the waywardnessof the naivewill killthem, And the complacencyof foolswill destroythem.
"Therefore their inhabitantswere shortof strength,They were dismayedand putto shame;They were [as] the vegetationof the fieldand [as] the greenherb,[As] grasson the housetopsis scorchedbeforeit is grownup.
So nowwe callthe arrogantblessed;not onlyare the doersof wickednessbuiltup but they alsotestGodand escape.'"
"For behold,the dayis coming,burninglike a furnace;and allthe arrogantand everyevildoerwill be chaff;and the daythat is comingwill setthem ablaze,"saysthe LORDof hosts,"sothat it will leavethem neitherrootnorbranch."
For, "ALLFLESHIS LIKEGRASS,AND ALLITS GLORYLIKETHE FLOWEROF GRASS.THE GRASSWITHERS,AND THE FLOWERFALLS OFF,
