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32 like a date palm tree
    without a leaf.[a]
33 Or like vineyards or orchards
whose blossoms and unripe fruit
    drop to the ground.
34 Yes, the godless and the greedy
will have nothing but flames
    feasting on their homes,

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Footnotes

  1. 15.32 leaf: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 32.

32 Before his time(A) he will wither,(B)
    and his branches will not flourish.(C)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(D)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(E)
34 For the company of the godless(F) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(G) the tents of those who love bribes.(H)

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