And behold, seven thin heads, blasted by the wind, grew up after them.

And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became [as] grass of the field, or [as] the green herb, the grass [growing on] houses, and that which is trodden down by him that stands [upon it].

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

For they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall by no means bear fruit any longer. For even if they should beget [children], I will kill the desired [fruit] of their womb.

Though he will cause a division among [his] brothers, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins [and] quite drain his fountains. He shall dry up his land, and [spoil] all his precious vessels.