16. Their roots dry up below ground,and their branches die above ground.
17. People on earth will not remember them;their names will be forgotten in the land.
18. They will be driven from light into darknessand chased out of the world.
19. They have no children or descendants among their people,and no one will be left alive where they once lived.
20. People of the west will be shocked at what has happened to them,and people of the east will be very frightened.
21. Surely this is what will happen to the wicked;such is the place of one who does not know God.”