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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)One thing is certain, Israel: On your day of punishment, you will become a heap of rubble.

Context of Hosea 5:9

7They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields. 8Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we follow you, O Benjamin! Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure. 10The princes of Judah have become like those who move the landmark; upon them I will pour out my wrath like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth.

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 5:12But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
• Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel.
• Hosea 9:11Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
• Hosea 11:5They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
• Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
• Job 12:14If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
• Isaiah 28:1Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
• Amos 3:14"that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.
• Amos 7:9the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
• Isaiah 48:3"The former things I declared of old; they went out from my mouth, and I announced them; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
• Amos 3:7"For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
• Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.'"
• John 16:4But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you 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