24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected(A)
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.(B)

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16 Ephraim(A) is struck down;
their roots are withered;
they cannot bear fruit.(B)
Even if they bear children,
I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.(C)

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Yet I destroyed the Amorite(A) as Israel advanced;
his height(B) was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit(C) above and his roots beneath.

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