Job 18:16, Isa 5:24, 40:24, Hos 9:11-13, Mal 4:1 | ESV | STEP | His roots dry up beneath , and his branches wither above .

p[See ver. 12 above]

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

t[2 Thess. 1:7, 8]

u ch. 3:15

v ch. 3:15

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

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

Job 18:16

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

Isaiah 5:24

24 Therefore, ^cas the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so ^dtheir root will be ^eas rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have ^frejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have ^gdespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 40:24

24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
^hand the tempest carries them off like stubble.

Hosea 9:11-13

11 Ephraim’s ⁱglory shall fly away like a bird—
^jno birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 ^kEven if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
^lWoe to them
when ^mI depart from them!
13 Ephraim, ⁿas I have seen, was like a young palm ^{▼▼Or like Tyre} planted in a meadow;
but ^pEphraim must lead his children out to slaughter. ^{▼▼Hebrew to him who slaughters}

Malachi 4:1

The Great Day of the Lord

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