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Close dead fig-tree root exposed in dry earth beneath barren branches, dropped seed husks, no dead newborns, explicit botanical analogy.
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Hosea 9:16

The Root Dries

The Days of Repayment · Hosea 9

Story guide: Prophetic illustration grounded in the verse; national designations and metaphors are not newly narrated events.

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16Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Even if they give birth, I will put to death the cherished ones of their womb.

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