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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes 2 Chronicles 17:2

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.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes 2 Chronicles 25:6, 7

He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver. / 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.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Isaiah 7:8, 9

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. / 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.’”

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Isaiah 11:12, 13

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. / 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.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Isaiah 17:3

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.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Jeremiah 31:18, 20

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. / 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.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hosea 5:3, 5

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hosea 6:4, 10

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. / In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hosea 8:11

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

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Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes Hosea 12:14

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

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