Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
Their root
The beloved fruit
Bible References
Their root
Hosea 9:11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird:
no birth, no gestation, no conception.
no birth, no gestation, no conception.
Job 18:16 His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.
and his branches above wither away.
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 40:24 They are barely planted, barely sown,
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
their stem hardly takes root in the ground
when He blows on them and they wither,
and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
Malachi 4:1 “For indeed, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Hosts, “not leaving them root or branches.
The beloved fruit
Ezekiel 24:21
‘Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.