King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 5:9
“Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”
Verse in context — Hosea 5
7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11
Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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