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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
This speaks of the wicked man growing weak and dying as if he were a grapevine dropping unripe grapes. 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
This speaks of the wicked man growing weak and dying as if he were were an olive tree dropping its flowers. At: "just like an olive tree loses its flowers, so the wicked man will lose his strength" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)