Hos 9:16, 14:5-7, Joh 15:6 | ESV | STEP | Ephraim is stricken ; their root is dried up ; they shall bear no fruit . Even though they give birth , I will put their beloved children to death .

a[ver. 11]

b[ver. 12, 13]

c[See ver. 12 above]

d[ch. 6:3]

e Isa. 27:6

f[Ps. 92:12; Isa. 35:2]

g Ps. 52:8

h Ps. 91:1

jSee ver. 2

k Matt. 13:40-42; [Ezek. 15:4]

Hosea 9:16

16 Ephraim is stricken;
^atheir root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even ^bthough they give birth,
^cI will put their beloved children to death.

Hosea 14:5-7

5 ^dI will be like the dew to Israel;
^ehe shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees ^fof Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be ^glike the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and ^hdwell beneath my ^{▼▼Hebrew his} shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

John 15:6

6 If anyone does not abide in me ^jhe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^kand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.