Ephraim

Ephraim was the second son of Joseph, and his descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel, often playing a prominent role in the nation's history.

The name Ephraim means “fruitful; increasing”

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Summary

A man who founded the tribe of Ephraim, living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 41:52; referred to as Ephraim or Ephraimite (אֶפְרַ֫יִם), Ephron (עֶפְרוֹן), or Ephrathite (אֶפְרָתִי); son of Joseph and Asenath; a brother of Manasseh; father of Shuthelah, Becher, Tahan, Ezer, Elead and Beriah.

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Includes 56 verses that refer to Ephraim without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

Genesis 41:52אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 46:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Genesis 48:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And 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 48:6Referred to, not named
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
Genesis 48:13אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And 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 48:14אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
But 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 48:17אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 48:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 50:23אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
He 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 1:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
Numbers 1:32אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
From 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 1:33אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
Numbers 2:18אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
Numbers 2:24אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.
Numbers 7:48אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
Numbers 10:22אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
Numbers 13:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Numbers 26:28אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Numbers 26:35אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
These 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 26:37אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
Numbers 34:24אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
Deuteronomy 33:17אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
His 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 34:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
Joshua 14:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 16:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
Joshua 16:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
This 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-horon
Joshua 16:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
From 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 16:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
Joshua 16:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
But 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 17:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.
Joshua 17:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
From 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 17:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim’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 17:15אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
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 17:17אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 19:50אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…as 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 20:7אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 21:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
Joshua 21:21אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Joshua 24:30אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Joshua 24:33אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
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 1:29אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
Judges 2:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Judges 3:27אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
On 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 4:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And 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 5:14אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Some 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 7:24אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Gideon 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 8:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then 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 8:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
But 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 8:3Referred to, not named
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
Judges 10:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
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 10:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
Judges 12:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then 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 12:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Jephthah 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 12:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim; אֶפְרָתִי · Ephrathite
The 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 12:6אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…they 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 12:15אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
Judges 17:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
Judges 17:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
This 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 18:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 18:13אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
Judges 19:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Now 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 19:16אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
That 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 19:18אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 1:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim; אֶפְרָתִי · Ephrathite
Now 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 9:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 14:22אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 2:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
2 Samuel 20:21אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
That 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 4:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
1 Kings 11:26אֶפְרָתִי · Ephrathite
Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
1 Kings 12:25אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
2 Kings 5:22אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
“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.’”
1 Chronicles 6:66אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
1 Chronicles 6:67אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
1 Chronicles 7:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles 7:22אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
1 Chronicles 7:23Referred to, not named
And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
1 Chronicles 9:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
1 Chronicles 12:30אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
1 Chronicles 27:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:14אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
1 Chronicles 27:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;
2 Chronicles 13:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
2 Chronicles 13:19עֶפְרוֹן · Ephron
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
2 Chronicles 15:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 15:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And 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 17:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
He 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 19:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Jehoshaphat 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 25:7אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
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 25:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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 28:7אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Zichri, 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 28:12אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then 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 30:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Then 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 30:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And 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 30:18אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
A 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 everyone
2 Chronicles 31:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 34:6אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
2 Chronicles 34:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So 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.
Psalm 60:7אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Psalm 78:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
Psalm 78:67אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Psalm 80:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Psalm 108:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Isaiah 7:2אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 7:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
Isaiah 7:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
For 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 7:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 7:17אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 9:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
Isaiah 9:21אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Manasseh 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 11:13אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
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 17:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 28:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Woe 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 28:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
Isaiah 28:11Referred to, not named
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
Jeremiah 7:15אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
Jeremiah 31:6אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
For 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 31:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
They 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 31:18אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
I 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 31:19Referred to, not named
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Jeremiah 31:20אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Is 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 50:19אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
I 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.
Ezekiel 37:16אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
Ezekiel 37:19אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
…you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
Ezekiel 48:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
Ezekiel 48:6אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
Hosea 4:17אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
Hosea 4:18Referred to, not named
When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
Hosea 4:19Referred to, not named
The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
Hosea 5:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5:5אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
Hosea 5:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
Hosea 5:11אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Hosea 5:12אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
Hosea 5:13אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 5:14אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
For 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 5:15Referred to, not named
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Hosea 6:1Referred to, not named
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Hosea 6:2Referred to, not named
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
Hosea 6:3Referred to, not named
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Hosea 6:4אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
What 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 6:5Referred to, not named
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
Hosea 6:7Referred to, not named
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
Hosea 6:10אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.
Hosea 7:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When 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 7:2Referred to, not named
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
Hosea 7:3Referred to, not named
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea 7:4Referred to, not named
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
Hosea 7:5Referred to, not named
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
Hosea 7:6Referred to, not named
For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Hosea 7:7Referred to, not named
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
Hosea 7:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
Hosea 7:9Referred to, not named
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Hosea 7:11אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
Hosea 7:12Referred to, not named
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Hosea 7:13Referred to, not named
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
Hosea 7:14Referred to, not named
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Hosea 7:15Referred to, not named
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
Hosea 7:16Referred to, not named
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
Hosea 8:1Referred to, not named
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Hosea 8:2Referred to, not named
Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
Hosea 8:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Hosea 8:10Referred to, not named
Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
Hosea 8:11אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Hosea 8:12Referred to, not named
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
Hosea 8:13Referred to, not named
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Hosea 9:4Referred to, not named
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
Hosea 9:5Referred to, not named
What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
Hosea 9:6Referred to, not named
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
Hosea 9:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
The 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 9:9Referred to, not named
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
Hosea 9:11אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
Hosea 9:12Referred to, not named
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Hosea 9:13אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Hosea 9:14Referred to, not named
Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
Hosea 9:15Referred to, not named
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
Hosea 9:16אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim 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 9:17Referred to, not named
My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Hosea 10:6אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Yes, 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 10:11אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim 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 11:3אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
Hosea 11:4Referred to, not named
I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
Hosea 11:5Referred to, not named
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
Hosea 11:6Referred to, not named
A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
Hosea 11:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
How 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 11:9אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
I 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 11:10Referred to, not named
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
Hosea 11:12אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Hosea 12:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Hosea 12:8אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Hosea 12:9Referred to, not named
But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
Hosea 12:14אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Hosea 13:1אֶפְרַ֫יִם · Ephraim
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
Hosea 13:2Referred to, not named
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Hosea 13:3Referred to, not named
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
Hosea 13:4Referred to, not named
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
Hosea 13:5Referred to, not named
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

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