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Hosea 5:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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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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Hosea 5:1
"Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."
Hosea 5:2
"And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker"
Hosea 5:3
"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled."
Hosea 5:4
"They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD."
Hosea 5:5
"And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall"
Hosea 5:6
"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn"
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