Translations
Modern
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Traditional
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Literal
What will I do to you, O Ephraim? What will I do to you, O Judah? And your faithfulness is like a cloud of the morning, and like the dew rising and going away.
Latin
Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim? quid faciam tibi, Juda? misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina, et quasi ros mane pertransiens.
Original
Hebrew
English
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
Notes
Israel's response was not enough. God lamented that their love vanished like morning mist and dew.
Events
- Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC
People
Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province
Glossary
Topics
Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Character: Instability of Cloud: Figurative Clouds: (Passing Away) the Goodness and Prosperity of Dew: Figurative Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Instability: Ephraim and Judah Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Lukewarmness: Figurative Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Morning: (Clouds In) of the Short Lived Profession of Hypocrites