¹⁶ His roots dry up below^(A)
    and his branches wither above.^(B)

¹⁹ He has no offspring^(A) or descendants^(B) among his people,
    no survivor^(C) where once he lived.^(D)

¹⁰ You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.^(A)

²⁸ For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.^(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed^[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.^(B)

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.