{"id":16116,"date":"2026-01-22T14:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16116"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:20:49","slug":"when-the-wicked-sprout-up-like-grass","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/when-the-wicked-sprout-up-like-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Wicked Sprout Up Like Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>63) \u201cWhen the wicked sprout up like grass, and all who did iniquity flourished, to be destroyed forever.\u201d \u201cLike grass\u201d means like grass in a dry land. It is dry, and when water is poured on it, it blossoms and the dryness departs from it. It is as a tree that has been cut, and springs once more, but it is only decorations, one next to the other, which are only springing branches, and a tree never springs from there, like the tree that was in the beginning. 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