Bible verse
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Hosea 5:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 5.
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
6 They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
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!
9 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.
12 So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
KJV
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall 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.
ERV
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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