Hosea 5 · Verse 9

Hosea 5:9

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Hosea 5:9, King James Version

Hosea 5:9 in other translations

BSBEphraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
WEBEphraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
ASVEphraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
YLTEphraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.
DARBYEphraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
BBEEphraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.
WebsterEphraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

What does Hosea 5:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 5:9-10
9-10. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Among the tribes of Israel have I made known - They have got sufficient warning; it is their own fault that they have not taken it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:8-15

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…

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Hosea 5:9 in the original Hebrew

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אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
לְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.Mah<into> a wasteH8047
תִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.Yehit will becomeH1961
בְּי֖וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117
תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑הto.khe.ChahrebukeH8433
בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙be.shiv.Teiamong [the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הוֹדַ֖עְתִּיho.Da'.tiI make knownH3045
נֶאֱמָנָֽה\׃ne.'e.ma.Nah[something] trustworthyH539

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Cross references for Hosea 5:9

  • Isaiah 46:10

    Declaring 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:

  • Zechariah 1:6

    But 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 the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

  • Hosea 9:11-17

    As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. …

  • Isaiah 28:1-4

    Woe 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! Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

  • John 16:4

    But 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.

  • Hosea 13:1-3

    When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

  • Isaiah 37:3

    And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  • Hosea 5:14

    For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

  • Hosea 8:8

    Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

  • Job 12:14

    Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

  • Hosea 11:5-6

    He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

  • Amos 3:14-15

    That 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. And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ephraim.
12,14; 8:8; 9:11-17; 11:5,6; 13:1-3,15,16; Job 12:14; Isa 28:1-4
Am 3:14,15; 7:9,17
have.
Isa 46:10; 48:3,5; Am 3:7; Zec 1:6; Joh 16:4

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Context

  • Hosea 5:8

    Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

  • Hosea 5:9

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

  • Hosea 5:10

    The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

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Hosea 5:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ephraim será asolado el día del castigo: en las tribus de Israel hice conocer verdad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Éphraïm sera une désolation au jour du châtiment: je fais savoir parmi les tribus d’Israël une chose certaine.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ephraim wird zur Wüste werden am Tage der Strafe; über die Stimme Israels habe ich Gewisses verkündigt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ephraim in desolatione erit in die correptionis; in tribubus Israël ostendi fidem.