28. but his town will be ruined; his home will be destroyed; his house will be empty.
29. He will not be rich for long. His wealth will not last. His crops will not grow large.
30. He will not escape the darkness. He will be like a tree whose leaves die from disease and are blown away by the wind.
31. That evil man should not fool himself by trusting in worthless things, because he will keep nothing.
32. He will die before his time, like a tree whose top branches have already begun to die.
33. He will be like a vine that loses its grapes before they ripen. He will be like an olive tree that loses its buds.