“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river drains and dries up,

“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,
And above, his branch is cut off and withers.