'Rot' in the Bible
The memory of the righteous [person] is a [source of] blessing,But the name of the wicked will [be forgotten and] rot [like a corpse].
The canals will become foul-smelling,The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
He who is too impoverished for such an offering [to give to his god]Chooses a tree that will not rot;He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsmanTo [carve and] set up an idol that will not totter.
Therefore I am like a moth to EphraimAnd like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
Now this will be the plague with which the Lord shall strike all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.