And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.