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30 They won't escape the darkness,
and the blazing breath of God
    will set their future aflame.
* 31 They have put their trust
    in something worthless;
now they will become worthless
32 like a date palm tree
    without a leaf.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 15.32 leaf: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 32.

30 He will not escape the darkness;(A)
    a flame(B) will wither his shoots,(C)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(D) will carry him away.(E)
31 Let him not deceive(F) himself by trusting what is worthless,(G)
    for he will get nothing in return.(H)
32 Before his time(I) he will wither,(J)
    and his branches will not flourish.(K)

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