# The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: "Everything on earth will dry up and die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# The earth ... the world

Both of these represent everything that is on the earth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])