16 Their roots below will dry up, and their branches above will die.
17 People on earth will not remember them. Their names will be forgotten.
18 They will be forced from light into darkness. They will be chased out of this world.
19 They will leave behind no children, no descendants. None of their people will be left alive.
20 People in the west will be shocked at what happened to them. People in the east will be numb with fear.