Hosea 5:9

⁷ They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

⁸ Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

¹⁰ The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
KJV: Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
WEB: Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
ASV: Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
DARBY: Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
BLB: Ephraim will become as a desolation on the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.

ÅB: Efra'im skal bli til en ørken på straffens dag; blant Israels stammer har jeg kunngjort hva sikkert vil skje.
OTB: Efraim vil bli en ødeleggelse på refselsens dag;
Blant Israels stammer gjør jeg kjent hva som er sikkert.
B1930: Efra'im skal bli til en ørken på straffens dag; blandt Israels stammer har jeg kunngjort hvad sikkert vil skje.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
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Zechariah 1:6
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
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Hosea 9:11–17
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
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Isaiah 28:1–4
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
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John 16:4
But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
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Hosea 13:1–3
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
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Isaiah 37:3
to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
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Hosea 5:14
For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
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