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But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered.

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12 The vine withers;
    the fig tree droops.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple—
    all the trees of the field are dried up;
surely, joy withers away
    among the people.(A)

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A voice says, “Cry out!”
    And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass;
    their constancy is like the flower of the field.(A)
The grass withers; the flower fades,
    [[when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
    surely the people are grass.(B)
The grass withers; the flower fades,]][b]
    but the word of our God will stand forever.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said
  2. 40.7–8 Q ms Gk lack when the breath . . . flower fades

10 because of your indignation and anger,
    for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

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You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
    like grass that is renewed in the morning;(A)
in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it fades and withers.(B)

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As for me, I said in my prosperity,
    “I shall never be moved.”
By your favor, O Lord,
    you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
    I was dismayed.(A)

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21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(A)

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