Hosea 9:16-17

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.

9:17 My God will reject them,

for they have not obeyed him;

so they will be fugitives among the nations.

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¹ tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).