Hosea 5:9

Hosea 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
• New International Version (NIV)Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

Context of Hosea 5:9

7They betrayed the Lord; indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their fields. 8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: Look behind you, Benjamin! Ephraim will become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certain among the tribes of Israel. 10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers; I will pour out my fury on them like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow what is worthless.

Hosea 5:9 word by word

אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה בְּי֖וֹם תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑ה בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הוֹדַ֖עְתִּי נֶאֱמָנָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• shall be desolateשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: destroyedH8047
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of rebukeתּוֹכֵחָהtôkêchâh tôkachath · rebukeH8433
• among the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• have I made knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that which shall surely beאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539

Cross-references for Hosea 5:9

• Hosea 5:12So I am like rot to Ephraim and like decay to the house of Judah.
• Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like discarded pottery.
• Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
• Hosea 11:5Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.
• Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
• Job 12:14Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be released.
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.
• Amos 3:14I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
• Amos 7:9Isaac’s high places will be deserted, and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins; I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.”
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
• Isaiah 48:3I declared the past events long ago; they came out of my mouth; I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they occurred.
• Amos 3:7Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his counsel to his servants the prophets.
• Zechariah 1:6But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? ’” So the people repented and said, “As the Lord of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with us.”
• John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you will remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Commentaries on Hosea 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Among the tribes of Israel have I made known - They have got sufficient warning; it is their own fault that they have not taken it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Ephraim shall be desolate - It shall not be lightly rebuked, nor even more grievously chastened; it shall not simply be wasted by famine, pestilence, and the sword; it shall be not simply desolate, but a desolation, one waste, in the day of rebuke, when God brings home to it its sin and punishment. Ephraim was not taken away for a time; it was never restored. I have made known that which shall surely be - o“Doubt not that this which I say shall come upon…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 The destruction of impenitent sinners is not mere talk, to frighten them, it is a sentence which will not be recalled. And it is a mercy that we have timely warning given us, that we may flee from the wrath to come. Compliance with the commandments of men, who thwart the commandments of God, ripens a people for ruin. The judgments of God are sometimes to a sinful people as a moth, and as rottenness, or as a worm; as these consume the clothes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Hosea 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Israel is referred to in Ho 5:9, Judah in Ho 5:10. the day of rebuke--the day when I shall chastise him. among the tribes of Israel have I made known--proving that the scene of Hosea's labor was among the ten tribes. that which shall surely be--namely, the coming judgment here foretold. It is no longer a conditional decree, leaving a hope of pardon on repentance; it is absolute, for Ephraim is hopelessly impenitent.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Israel
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Profound
• Rebuke
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings