2 Chronicles 7:20

7:20 then I will remove you ¹  from my land I have given you, ²  I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, ³  and I will make you ⁴  an object of mockery and ridicule ⁵  among all the nations.

Ezekiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot ⁶  and wither?

All its foliage ⁷  will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ⁸ 

Matthew 15:13

15:13 And he replied, ⁹  “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Mark 11:20

The Withered Fig Tree

11:20 In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “them.” The switch from the second to the third person pronoun is rhetorically effective, for it mirrors God’s rejection of his people – he has stopped addressing them as “you” and begun addressing them as “them.” However, the switch is awkward and confusing in English, so the translation maintains the direct address style.

[7:20]  ² tn Heb “them.” See the note on “you” earlier in this verse.

[7:20]  ³ tc Instead of “I will throw away,” the parallel text in 1 Kgs 9:7 has “I will send away.” The two verbs sound very similar in Hebrew, so the discrepancy is likely due to an oral transmissional error.

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “him,” which appears in context to refer to Israel (i.e., “you” in direct address). Many translations understand the direct object of the verb “make” to be the temple (NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “it”).

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I will make him [i.e., Israel] a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

[17:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

[17:9]  ⁸ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

[15:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “And answering, he said.”