Tribe of Ephraim
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh, together with Ephraim, formed the Tribe of Joseph. It is one of the Ten Lost Tribes.
Quotes about
[edit]- Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
- Because he willingly walked by human precept.
- Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
- And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
- “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
- And Judah saw his wound,
- Then Ephraim went to Assyria
- And sent to King Jareb;
- Yet he cannot cure you,
- Nor heal you of your wound.
- For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
- And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
- I, even I, will tear them and go away;
- I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
- Hosea 5:11-14 NKJV.
- Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, | They have become for him altars for sinning.
- Hosea 8:11 NKJV.
- Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
- An east wind shall come;
- The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
- Then his spring shall become dry,
- And his fountain shall be dried up.
- He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
- Hosea 13:15 NKJV.
- I know Ephraim,
- And Israel is not hidden from Me;
- For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;
- Israel is defiled.
- “They do not direct their deeds
- Toward turning to their God,
- For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
- And they do not know the Lord.
- Hosea 5:3-4 NKJV.
- “Ephraim is joined to idols,
- Let him alone.
- Their drink is rebellion,
- They commit harlotry continually.
- Her rulers dearly love dishonor.
- The wind has wrapped her up in its wings,
- And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- Hosea 4:17-19 NKJV.
- Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
- Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
- Judah is My lawgiver.
- Psalms 60:7 NKJV.
- The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, | Turned back in the day of battle. | They did not keep the covenant of God; | They refused to walk in His law, | And forgot His works | And His wonders that He had shown them.
- Psalms 78:9-11 NKJV.
- Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
- Together they shall be against Judah.
- Isaiah 9:21 NKJV.
- Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
- And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
- But chose the tribe of Judah,
- Mount Zion which He loved.
- Psalms 78:67-68 NKJV.
