Cross References Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb. Job 18:16 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above. Ezekiel 24:21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword. Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness. Hosea 8:7 For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb. their root. Hosea 9:11-13 As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. . . . Job 18:16 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above. Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 40:24 And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch. the beloved fruit. Ezekiel 24:21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword. Context Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment…15All their wickedness is in Galgal, for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their devices I will cast them forth out of my house: I will love them no more, all their princes are revolters. 16Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.17My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.… Lexicon Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory is struck down; הֻכָּ֣ה (huk·kāh) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike their root שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם (šā·rə·šām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root is withered; יָבֵ֖שׁ (yā·ḇêš) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither they cannot bear יַעֲשׂ֑וּן (ya·‘ă·śūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest fruit. פְּרִ֣י (pə·rî) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit Even גַּ֚ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and if כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction they bear children, יֵֽלֵד֔וּן (yê·lê·ḏūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage I will slay וְהֵמַתִּ֖י (wə·hê·mat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill the darlings מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י (ma·ḥă·mad·dê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4261: Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire of their wombs. בִטְנָֽם׃ (ḇiṭ·nām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything Additional Translations Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb. Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [fruit] of their womb. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb." Ephraim hath been smitten, Their root hath dried up, fruit they yield not, Yea, though they bring forth, I have put to death the desired of their womb. 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