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 have turned against the Lord. Their children do not belong to him. They enjoy the new moon feast. But that will soon destroy them and the crops in their fields.’ 8‘Make a noise with your horns in Gibeah! Make a noise with your trumpets in Ramah! Warn the people in Beth Aven of danger! Men of Benjamin's tribe, prepare to fight! The day for Ephraim's punishment will soon come. That will be the end of them! I make this promise to all the tribes of Israel. It will certainly happen! 10The leaders of Judah are not honest. They are like people who move the stones that show the edge of their land. So I will punish them with my strong anger. 11Terrible trouble will come to Ephraim's people. They will receive great punishment. They deserve that because they chose to worship idols.

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 5:12I will destroy the people of Ephraim, as a moth eats cloth. I will also destroy the people of Judah, as ants destroy wood.
• Hosea 8:8Israel will become lost among the other nations. It will be like a useless pot that nobody needs.
• Hosea 9:11The great things that Israel enjoys will soon disappear. They will be like birds that fly away! The women of Israel will no longer give birth to children. They will not even become pregnant.
• Hosea 11:5But they refuse to turn back to me. So they must return to Egypt. Assyria will rule over them.
• Hosea 13:1In past times, when the leaders of Israel spoke, the people were afraid. The people respected their leaders. But the people became guilty when they worshipped Baal. Because of that, they died.
• Job 12:14If God destroys something, nobody can repair it. If God puts someone in prison, that person cannot escape.
• Isaiah 28:1It will be very bad for Ephraim's beautiful city, Samaria! The people who live there drink too much wine and they become drunk. They are proud of their great city. It is on a hill above a valley where many good things grow. It is like a beautiful flower, but it will be beautiful no more and it will die.
• Amos 3:14I will punish them because they have not obeyed my Law. I will destroy the altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will break off and they will fall to the ground.
• Amos 7:9I will send enemies to destroy the holy places of Isaac's descendants. All Israel's holy places will fall down. Enemies will use swords to kill King Jeroboam and his family.’
• Isaiah 46:10From the beginning, I say what will happen at the end. Long ago, I spoke about future things that have not yet happened. I say this: “My purpose will not change. I will do everything that I want to do.”
• Isaiah 48:3The Lord says to his people, ‘I already spoke about things that would happen at a future time. A long time ago I told you what would happen. Then I suddenly did my work, and I caused those things to happen!
• Amos 3:7Before the Lord God decides to send trouble, he first tells his prophets about it.
• Zechariah 1:6I told my prophets to speak my message and my commands. I punished your ancestors, as I warned them I would do. Then they turned back to me. They said, “The Lord Almighty has punished us for our sins, as he said he would do.” ’
• John 16:4But I have told you this so that you will remember. When they begin to do these things, you will remember that I told you about them already.’ ‘I did not tell you these things at 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
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• Hosea
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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