Hosea 9:16

New King James Version

Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

Job 18:16

His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

Isaiah 40:24

Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept.

Hosea 8:7

“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch.

Deuteronomy 32:25

The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.