¹² While still growing and uncut,
    they wither more quickly than grass.^(A)

¹³ Such is the destiny^(A) of all who forget God;^(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.^(C)

¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    all the nations that forget God.^(B)

¹⁰ You have forgotten^(A) God your Savior;^(B)
    you have not remembered the Rock,^(C) your fortress.^(D)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,^(E)

¹¹ though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(A) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(B) will be as nothing^(C)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(D) pain.^(E)

¹⁴ Israel has forgotten^(A) their Maker^(B)
    and built palaces;
    Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
    that will consume their fortresses.”^(C)