Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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Gill's Exposition
Ephraim shall he desolate in the day of rebuke,.... The country of the ten tribes shall be laid desolate, the inhabitants of them destroyed either by the sword, or famine, or pestilence, and the rest…
Barnes' Notes
Ephraim shall be desolate - It shall not be lightly rebuked, nor even more grievously chastened; it shall not simply be wasted by famine, pestilence, and the sword; it shall be not simply desolate,…
Adam Clarke
Among the tribes of Israel have I made known - They have got sufficient warning; it is their own fault that they have not taken it.
Here is, I. A loud alarm sounded, giving notice of judgments coming (Hos 5:8): Blow you the cornet in Gibeah and in Ramah, two cities near together in the confines of the two kingdoms of Judah and…
Cambridge Bible
rebuke Rather, punishment, as the same word is rendered Psa 149:7 A.V. -punishments upon the people(s)." The root meaning of the word is -judicial decision."
among the tribes of Israel i.e. Israel in…
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