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16 Ephraim will be struck down[a]
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:16 tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor: “will be blighted” (the NIV is similar).

16 Ephraim's people are very sick.
They are like a plant that has dry roots
and it gives no fruit.
Even if they give birth to children that they love very much,
I will kill those children.’

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