So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.

Foreigners fade away,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.

For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.

Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade,
And the fatness of his flesh will become lean.

The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,