¹⁶ Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

¹⁶ The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.

³⁰ He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

²⁴ For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

⁹ Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.

¹ For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

¹⁹ My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

³ I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

⁴ Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.