³⁰ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

¹⁶ His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

⁹ Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.