Job 18:16, Eze 17:9, Mal 4:1 | ESV | STEP | His roots dry up beneath , and his branches wither above .

a ch. 29:19; Hos. 9:16

b ch. 14:2

c[See ver. 7 above]

e[ver. 5; ch. 3:2]

f[2 Thess. 1:7, 8]

g ch. 3:15

h ch. 3:15

i Isa. 47:14; [Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17]

j Isa. 47:14; [Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17]

Job 18:16

16 His ^aroots dry up beneath,
and his branches ^bwither above.

Ezekiel 17:9

9 “Say, Thus says the Lord God: ^cWill it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots.

Malachi 4:1

The Great Day of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew} “For behold, ^ethe day is coming, ^fburning like an oven, when ^gall the arrogant and ^hall evildoers ⁱwill be stubble. The day that is coming ^jshall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.