16 Eʹphra·im must be struck down.+ Their very root must dry up.+ There will be no fruit that they produce.+ Also, in case they bring to birth, I will even put to death the desirable things of their belly.”+

9 “‘But as for me, I had annihilated the Amʹor·ite+ on account of them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was vigorous like the massive trees;+ and I went annihilating his fruitage above and his roots below.+