Hosea 5:9

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of punishment, concerning the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.

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Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

In Context

8Blow the trumpet in Gibeah, the clarion in Ramah! Raise the alarm in Beth-aven: we are with you, Benjamin!

10The princes of Israel have become like thieves who move boundary stones. On them I will pour out my wrath like a flood.

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Cross References

Hosea 5:14For I myself will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, yes I, will rend and go my way, I will carry off and none will rescue.

Hosea 8:8Israel is devoured. Already it lies discarded among the nations like a worthless pot.

Hosea 9:11Ephraim – like a bird his glory flies away. There will be no more birth, no more motherhood, no more conception.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:9-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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