Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

It wraps its roots around a heap ¹  of stones ²  and it looks ³  for a place among stones. ⁴ 

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s ¹  root stock, a bud will sprout ²  from his roots.

In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

By the brush ¹  they would gather ²  herbs from the salt marshes, ³  and the root of the broom tree was their food.

“‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot ¹  and wither? All its foliage ²  will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ³ 

Although its roots may grow old ¹  in the ground and its stump begins to die ²  in the soil, ³ 

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of ¹  Lebanon.

It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; ¹  its branches turning toward him, ²  its roots were under itself. ³  So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

See how he scattered ¹  his lightning ²  about him; he has covered the depths ³  of the sea.

They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven ¹  rules.

For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites. ¹  They were as tall as cedars ²  and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches ³  and their roots in the ground. ⁴ 

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

And he replied, ¹  “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

“‘There was another great eagle ¹  with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

But leave its taproot ¹  in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it ²  surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with ³  the animals in the grass of the land.

“There will arise in his ¹  place one from her family line ²  who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully. ³