Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Cross-reference

Hosea 9:11-13 describes the same judgment of barrenness and child death — reinforcing the dried root imagery.

Hosea 9:13 Parallel

Hosea 9:13 describes Ephraim's children brought to the murderer, parallel to the slaying of the beloved fruit here.

Hosea 9:14 Parallel

Hosea 9:14 adds the curse of barrenness – miscarrying womb and dry breasts – reinforcing the judgment on offspring.

Job 18:16 Parallel

Job 18:16 uses the same metaphor of dried roots and withered branches for the wicked's end.

Isaiah 17:3 Parallel

Isaiah 17:3 directly names Ephraim's judgment — same target and theme of destruction, reinforcing the oracle here.

Jeremiah 7:15 says God cast out all Ephraim — directly parallel to the rejection and destruction pronounced on Ephraim here.

Isaiah 40:24 describes God withering rooted plants with a breath — parallel to the dried root judgment on Ephraim.

Malachi 4:1 Parallel

In Malachi 4:1, judgment leaves neither root nor branch — matching the dried root imagery here for complete destruction.

Job 15:32 Parallel

Job 15:32 says the wicked's branch shall not be green — parallel imagery of dried-up vegetation as divine judgment.

Isaiah 5:24 Parallel

Isaiah 5:24 threatens root becoming rotten for rejecting God’s law — similar to dried root judgment here.

Isaiah 17:11 describes a failed harvest in judgment — mirroring the no-fruit condition pronounced on Ephraim here.

Isaiah 28:4 Parallel

Isaiah 28:4 likens Ephraim's glory to fading fruit — same agricultural decay image for Ephraim's judgment here.

Ezekiel 24:21 foretells slaughter of sons and daughters — echoing the slaying of beloved fruit here as judgment on Israel.