# dangerous reefs

Reefs are large rocks that are very close to the surface of water in the sea. Ships can easily be destroyed if they hit these rocks. 

# autumn trees without fruit—twice dead, uprooted

"These people are like dead trees" 

# autumn trees without fruit

Trees in autumn look dead because their leaves have all fallen off.

# twice dead, uprooted

After these "autumn trees" have lost their leaves and fruit, they die their first death. Then people uproot them, and they die their second death.

# uprooted

completely pulled out of the ground