en_tn/hos/09/16.md

Yahweh is speaking in verse 16. Hosea, the prophet, is speaking in verse 17.

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

Ephraim is being compared to a vine that does not bear fruit because its roots have dried up. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)