Job 18:16
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim is stricken,
their root is dried up,
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.(A)
Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a]See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A)
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- 4.1 3.19 in Heb
Amos 2:9
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9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of cedars
and who was as strong as oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.(A)
Isaiah 5:24
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Foreign Invasion Predicted
24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will become rotten,
and their blossom go up like dust,
for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.(A)
Job 15:30
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30 they will not escape from darkness;
the flame will dry up their shoots,
and their blossom[a] will be swept away by the wind.(A)
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- 15.30 Gk: Heb mouth
Job 29:19
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19 my roots spread out to the waters,
with the dew all night on my branches;(A)
Job 5:3-4
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3 I have seen fools taking root,
but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.(A)
4 Their children are far from safety,
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.(B)
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