King James Version
Hosea 5:9 in the King James Version says “Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, 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.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of rebuke”
H8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
“among the tribes”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“have I made known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“that which shall surely be”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
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