30. depart--that is, escape
(Job 15:22, 23).
branches--namely, his offspring
(Job 1:18, 19;
Ps 37:35).
dry up--The "flame" is the sultry wind in the East by which plants
most full of sap are suddenly shrivelled.
his mouth--that is, God's wrath
(Isa 11:4).
JFB.
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