Hosea 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.”
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“Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 5:9 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- Isaiah 28:1Woe 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.
- Isaiah 37:3to 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.
- Isaiah 46:10I 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.’
- Isaiah 48:3I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
- Isaiah 48:5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
- Hosea 5:12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
- Hosea 5:14For 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.
- Hosea 7:12As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
- Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
- Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- Hosea 11:5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
- Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
- Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
- Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- Amos 3:14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
- Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
- Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Zechariah 1:6But 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.’”
- John 16:4But 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).