Job 18:17

"His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above."

Key Reflection

In Job 18:17, the drying up of the roots and cutting off of the branch symbolize complete destruction and desolation. This imagery underscores the irreversible nature of judgment, both in this life and beyond.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

His remembrance shall perish -His name - all recollection of him. Calamity shall follow him even after death; and that which every man desires, and every good man has, and honored name when he is dead, will be denied him. Men will hasten to forget him as fast as possible; compareProverbs 10:7, “The name of the wicked shall rot.” No name in the street -Men when they meet together in highways and places of concourse - when traveler meets traveler, and caravan caravan, shall not pause to speak of him and of the loss which society has substained by his death.

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