20 But the (A)wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the [a]glory of the pastures,
They vanish—(B)like smoke they vanish away.

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  1. Psalm 37:20 I.e., flowers

20 But the wicked will perish:(A)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.(B)

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18 (A)For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

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18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

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Therefore they will be like the (A)morning cloud
And like dew which [a]soon disappears,
Like (B)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like (C)smoke from a chimney.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:3 Lit goes away early

Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(A)
    like chaff(B) swirling from a threshing floor,(C)
    like smoke(D) escaping through a window.

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