en_tn_condensed/hos/09/16.md

General Information:

Yahweh is speaking in verse 16. Hosea begins speaking in verse 17.

Ephraim is diseased, and their root is dried up; they bear no fruit

Yahweh speaks of the people of Israel as if they were a diseased tree that does not produce fruit and is ready to be cut down. This is a statement that the people have become weak, and that soon their enemies will come and defeat them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reject
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation