Verse 15
Though he be fruitful - יפריא yaphri ; a paronomasia on the word אפרים ephrayim , which comes from the same root פרה parah , to be fruitful, to sprout, to bud.
An east wind shall come - As the east wind parches and blasts all vegetation, so shall Shalmaneser blast and destroy the Israelitish state.
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