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