7:12 I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying,
I will bring them down like birds in the sky;
I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.
9:16 Ephraim will be struck down 1 –
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.
1 tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).