He will shake off his unripe grape, like the vine, and cast off his blossom, like the olive tree.
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale;