Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.
Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 5:9 in context
Hosea 5:6–12
6
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD,
but they won’t find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.
7
They are unfaithful to the LORD;
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
9
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Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.
Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
10
The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.
I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
11
Ephraim is oppressed,
he is crushed in judgment,
because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
12
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,
and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
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