A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52; son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621); brother of: Manasseh (H4519); father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) and Beriah (H1283H); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19; § Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" 1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh 2) the tribe, Ephraim 3) the mountain country of Ephraim 4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah) 5) a city near Baal-hazor 6) a chief gate of Jerusalem
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H669 — אֶפְרַ֫יִם
eph.ra.yim · Ephraim · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 41:52 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםAnd the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”Genesis 46:20 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.Genesis 48:1 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.Genesis 48:5 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.Genesis 48:13 · אֶפְרַ֤יִםAnd Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.Genesis 48:14 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.Genesis 48:17 · אֶפְרַ֖יִם · אֶפְרַ֖יִםWhen Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.Genesis 48:20 · כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם · אֶפְרַ֖יִםSo that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.Genesis 50:23 · לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםHe saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.Numbers 1:10 · לְאֶפְרַ֕יִםfrom the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;Numbers 1:32 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםFrom the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,Numbers 1:33 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםthose registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.Numbers 2:18 · אֶפְרַ֛יִם · אֶפְרַ֔יִםOn the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,Numbers 2:24 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםThe total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.Numbers 7:48 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםOn the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.Numbers 10:22 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםNext, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.Numbers 13:8 · אֶפְרָ֖יִםfrom the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;Numbers 26:28 · וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.Numbers 26:35 · אֶפְרַיִם֮These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan.Numbers 26:37 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.Numbers 34:24 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםKemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;Deuteronomy 33:17 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםHis majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”Deuteronomy 34:2 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםall of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,Joshua 14:4 · וְאֶפְרָ֑יִםThe descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.Joshua 16:4 · וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.Joshua 16:5 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםThis was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horonJoshua 16:8 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםFrom Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,Joshua 16:9 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםalong with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.Joshua 16:10 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.Joshua 17:8 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.Joshua 17:9 · לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםFrom there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.Joshua 17:10 · לְאֶפְרַ֗יִםEphraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.Joshua 17:15 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”Joshua 17:17 · לְאֶפְרַ֥יִםSo Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,Joshua 19:50 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםas the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.Joshua 20:7 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםSo they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.Joshua 21:5 · אֶ֠פְרַיִםThe remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.Joshua 21:20 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of EphraimJoshua 21:21 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםthey were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,Joshua 24:30 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםAnd they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Joshua 24:33 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.Judges 1:29 · וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.Judges 2:9 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThey buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.Judges 3:27 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםOn arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.Judges 4:5 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםAnd she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.Judges 5:14 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםSome came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.Judges 7:24 · אֶפְרַ֜יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.Judges 8:1 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםThen the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.Judges 8:2 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםBut Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?Judges 10:1 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.Judges 10:9 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThe Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.Judges 12:1 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםThen the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”Judges 12:4 · אֶפְרָ֑יִם · אֶפְרַ֗יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ · אֶפְרַ֖יִםJephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”Judges 12:5 · לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”Judges 12:6 · מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםthey told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.Judges 12:15 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםThen Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.Judges 17:1 · אֶפְרָ֖יִםNow a man named Micah from the hill country of EphraimJudges 17:8 · אֶפְרַ֛יִםThis man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.Judges 18:2 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.Judges 18:13 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםAnd from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.Judges 19:1 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםNow in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.Judges 19:16 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםThat evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.Judges 19:18 · אֶפְרַיִם֒The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,1 Samuel 1:1 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםNow there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.1 Samuel 9:4 · אֶפְרַ֛יִםSo Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.1 Samuel 14:22 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.2 Samuel 2:9 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.2 Samuel 13:23 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםTwo years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.2 Samuel 18:6 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.2 Samuel 20:21 · אֶפְרַ֜יִםThat is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”1 Kings 4:8 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ סand these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;1 Kings 12:25 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםThen Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.2 Kings 5:22 · אֶפְרַ֖יִם“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”2 Kings 14:13 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.1 Chronicles 6:66 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:1 Chronicles 6:67 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThey were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,1 Chronicles 7:20 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםThe descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,1 Chronicles 7:22 · אֶפְרַ֥יִםTheir father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.1 Chronicles 9:3 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםSome of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:1 Chronicles 12:30 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםFrom Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.1 Chronicles 27:10 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThe seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.1 Chronicles 27:14 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThe eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.1 Chronicles 27:20 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםover the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;2 Chronicles 13:4 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםThen Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!2 Chronicles 15:8 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםWhen Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.2 Chronicles 15:9 · מֵאֶפְרַ֥יִםAnd he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.2 Chronicles 17:2 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםHe stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.2 Chronicles 19:4 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםJehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 25:7 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.2 Chronicles 25:10 · מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםSo Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.2 Chronicles 25:23 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.2 Chronicles 28:7 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםZichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.2 Chronicles 28:12 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםThen some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.2 Chronicles 30:1 · אֶפְרַ֣יִםThen Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.2 Chronicles 30:10 · אֶפְרַ֥יִםAnd the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.2 Chronicles 30:18 · מֵֽאֶפְרַ֨יִםA large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone2 Chronicles 31:1 · וּבְאֶפְרַ֥יִםWhen all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.2 Chronicles 34:6 · וְאֶפְרַ֛יִםJosiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.2 Chronicles 34:9 · וְאֶפְרַ֗יִםSo they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.Nehemiah 8:16 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.Nehemiah 12:39 · אֶ֠פְרַיִםover the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.Psalm 60:7 · וְ֭אֶפְרַיִםGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.Psalm 78:9 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםThe archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.Psalm 78:67 · אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִםHe rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.Psalm 80:2 · אֶפְרַ֨יִם׀before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.Psalm 108:8 · וְ֭אֶפְרַיִםGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.Isaiah 7:2 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםWhen it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.Isaiah 7:5 · אֶפְרַ֥יִםFor Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:Isaiah 7:8 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםFor the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.Isaiah 7:9 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”Isaiah 7:17 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםThe LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”Isaiah 9:9 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםAll the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:Isaiah 9:21 · אֶפְרַ֗יִם · וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 11:13 · אֶפְרַ֔יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.Isaiah 17:3 · מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםThe fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.Isaiah 28:1 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםWoe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.Isaiah 28:3 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.Jeremiah 4:15 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.Jeremiah 7:15 · אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ סAnd I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.Jeremiah 31:6 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםFor there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”Jeremiah 31:9 · וְאֶפְרַ֖יִםThey will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”Jeremiah 31:18 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.Jeremiah 31:20 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםIs not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 50:19 · אֶפְרַ֛יִםI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.Hosea 4:17 · אֶפְרָ֖יִםEphraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!Hosea 5:3 · אֶפְרַ֔יִם · אֶפְרַ֔יִםI know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.Hosea 5:5 · וְאֶפְרַ֗יִםIsrael’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.Hosea 5:9 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.Hosea 5:11 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.Hosea 5:12 · לְאֶפְרָ֑יִםSo I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.Hosea 5:13 · אֶפְרַ֜יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙When 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.Hosea 5:14 · לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםFor I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Hosea 6:4 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםWhat shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.Hosea 6:10 · לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםIn the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.Hosea 7:1 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.Hosea 7:8 · אֶפְרַ֕יִם · אֶפְרַ֛יִםEphraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Hosea 7:11 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםSo Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.Hosea 8:9 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםFor they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.Hosea 8:11 · אֶפְרַ֛יִםThough Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.Hosea 9:3 · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.Hosea 9:8 · אֶפְרַ֖יִםThe prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!Hosea 9:11 · אֶפְרַ֕יִםEphraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Hosea 9:13 · אֶפְרַ֛יִם · וְאֶפְרַ֕יִםI have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.Hosea 9:16 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםEphraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.Hosea 10:6 · אֶפְרַ֣יִםYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.Hosea 10:11 · וְאֶפְרַ֜יִם · אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.Hosea 11:3 · לְאֶפְרַ֔יִםIt was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.Hosea 11:8 · אֶפְרַ֗יִםHow could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Hosea 11:9 · אֶפְרָ֑יִםI will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.Hosea 11:12 · אֶפְרַ֔יִםEphraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
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