Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The waters of Nimrim are desolate;
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.

the parched ground will become a pool of water,
and the thirsty land springs of water.
In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.

A voice was saying, “Cry out!”
Another said, “What should I cry out?”
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.

The grass withers, the flowers fade,
but the word of our God remains forever.”

They will sprout among the grass
like poplars by flowing streams.

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?

You will see, you will rejoice,
and you will flourish like grass;
then the Lord’s power will be revealed to His servants,
but He will show His wrath against His enemies.