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his branch will not be green
AT: "he will look dead, just like the branch of a dead tree does not look green" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
He will drop his ... he will cast off his ...
These two lines give a similar image, which is repeated to emphasize that this will surely happen. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
He will drop his unripe grapes like a grapevine
AT: "Just like a grapevine drops its unripe grapes, so the wicked man will drop his strength" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
he will cast off his flowers like the olive tree
AT: "just like an olive tree casts off its flowers, so the wicked man will cast off his strength" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)