Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
- BSB Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
- NKJV Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
- NASB Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is trustworthy.
- NLT One thing is certain, Israel: On your day of punishment, you will become a heap of rubble.
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Quick answer
Ephraim will be laid desolate in the day of God's rebuke, a certain and announced judgment. What God has declared will surely come to pass.
Overview
God promises that Ephraim, the northern kingdom, will become a wasteland when the day of reckoning arrives. By saying He has 'made known that which will surely be,' God stresses the certainty and reliability of His prophetic word. The verse assures readers that divine judgment is neither arbitrary nor empty; what God foretells against persistent sin will inevitably be fulfilled.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Hos 9:11–17As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- Isa 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
- Zech 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
- John 16:4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
- Isa 28:1–4Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
- Isa 37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
- Hos 8:8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
- Hos 13:1–3When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
- Hos 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- Hos 11:5–6He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
- Hos 13:15–16Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
- Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
- Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
- Hos 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- Isa 48:3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
- Isa 48:5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
- Amos 3:14–15That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
- Amos 7:9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
- Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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