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 dealt treacherously against Yhwh: for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their portions. 8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin. Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Hosea 5:9 word by word

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

• 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 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
• Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
• Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
• Hosea 11:5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
• Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
• Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
• Amos 3:14That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
• Amos 7:9And the high places of Isaac shall be 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 the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Isaiah 48:3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord Yhwh will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as Yhwh of Armies thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
• John 16:4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you 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
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• Ephraim, Ephraimite
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• Profound
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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