The Meaning of Hosea 5:9 Explained

Hosea 5:9

KJV: Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

YLT: Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

Darby: Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.

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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 5:9?

MEANING: What does Hosea 5:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 5:9 mean?

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What is the context of Hosea 5:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

What does Hosea 5:9 Mean?

Verse Meaning

When the Lord rebuked Ephraim for her sins, she would become desolate throughout her tribal territories. The Lord promised that this would surely happen (cf. Leviticus 26:32-35).

Context Summary

Hosea 5:1-15 - God's Rebuke Of Apostasy

The prophet continues his grave indictment of his people. The court and the priesthood were chiefly responsible for the awful degeneracy that was eating out the national heart. The seductions of idolatry that abounded everywhere resembled the snares and nets set by hunters on the wooded heights of Gilead and Tabor.

Suddenly, within a month, Hosea 5:7, an alarm sounds from hill to hill. The foreign invader has entered the country and is slowly marching southward. Even Benjamin is threatened. Ephraim must suffer because of the institutions of Omri and Ahab, Hosea 5:11; and Judah, because her princes were grasping and fraudulent. Though message after message was sent to procure the help of Jareb-a symbolical name for Assyria, "the warlike," he would not be able to avert the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. You cannot stop the dry-rot by grand alliances. Nothing can save a nation in whose heart the worst forms of corruption are being nourished, except a wholesale return of God and a seeking of His face. It is certain that if this lesson were profoundly learned and then practiced, the horrors of a world in arms would come to a speedy and a blessed end. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 5

¹ The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes,
⁹ both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins
¹⁵ An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance

What do the individual words in Hosea 5:9 mean?

Ephraim desolate shall be in the day of rebuke Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure

אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה בְּי֖וֹם תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑ה בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הוֹדַ֖עְתִּי נֶאֱמָנָֽה

אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙	Ephraim
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֶפְרַיִם Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
לְשַׁמָּ֣ה	desolate
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: שַׁמָּה Sense: waste, horror, appalment.
תִֽהְיֶ֔ה	shall be
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּי֖וֹם	in the day
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑ה	of rebuke
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: תֹּוכֵחָה Sense: rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement.
בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙	Among the tribes
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: שֵׁבֶט Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	of Israel
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
הוֹדַ֖עְתִּי	I make known
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, first person common singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know.
נֶאֱמָנָֽה	what is sure
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular Root: אָמַן Sense: to support, confirm, be faithful.

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