Hosea 5:9
the day of rebuke—the day when I shall chastise him. among the tribes of Israel have I made known—proving that the scene of Hosea's labor was among the ten tribes. that which shall surely be—namely, the coming judgment here foretold. It is no longer a conditional decree, leaving a hope of pardon on repentance; it is absolute, for Ephraim is hopelessly impenitent.
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