3. No matter how many children are born of a forbidden union, none of them will ever amount to anything. They are illegitimate; they can never lay a firm foundation for themselves, never take deep root.
4. Like trees with shallow roots, they put out leaves for a while, but they sway in the wind, and storms uproot them.
5. Their branches snap off before they mature; their fruit never ripens, and it is good for nothing.
6. On Judgement Day children born of a forbidden union will testify to the sin of their parents and act as witnesses against them.
7. Righteous people, however, will find rest, even if they die young.