“Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 5 contains 15 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.