Hosea 5:9

Judgment on Israel and Judah · Hosea 5:1–15
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Translations

Modern
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Traditional
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Literal
Ephraim will become as a desolation on the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.
Latin
Ephraim in desolatione erit in die correptionis; in tribubus Israël ostendi fidem.

Original

Hebrew
English
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

Notes

  • Hosea warned the Israelites about God's coming judgment. Due to their sins, the Lord had become Israel's enemy and would punish them.

  • Gibeah, Ramah, and Beth-aven (another name for Bethel) are cities in the tribal territory of Benjamin.

Theme notes and profiles

The Broken Covenant

Events

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Ephraim (Place) Hosea, Book of

Topics

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