Drought and heat consume the snow waters; Sheol, those who have sinned, suggests that just as drought eliminates the winter's snow that would sustain crops, so too does divine judgment eliminate the wicked. The equation of the wicked with waters consumed by heat suggests that their apparent strength and fluidity will evaporate when confronted with divine judgment's intensity. The mention of Sheol as the destination of sinners establishes the ultimate judgment toward which the wicked inevitably move, suggesting that their apparent freedom and prosperity are temporary. This verse affirms the traditional belief that justice eventually catches up with wrongdoing, though the timing of that justice remains God's mystery.

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