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they will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up their shoots, and their blossom a will be swept away b by the wind.
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Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense.
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It will be paid in full before their time, and their branch will not be green.
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They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine, and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.
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For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
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They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their heart prepares deceit."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
