¹¹ Can the papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the reed grow without mayim?

¹² Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before kol khatzir (all grass).

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget El (G-d), and the tikvat chanef (hope of the hypocrite, the irreligious, the secretly wicked profane person) shall perish,