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What does Hosea 5:9 mean?
"Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be."
— Hosea 5:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
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 princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
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