Thematic Bible: The hope of the hypocrite
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For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul? His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress? Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water? Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither: So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish: