Gen 48:19-20, Deu 33:17, Isa 7:5, 8-9, 17, Hos 5:9, 11, 13, 6:4, 8:11, 12:1, 13:1 | ESV | STEP | But his father refused and said , I know , my son , I know . He also shall become a people , and he also shall be great . Nevertheless , his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations .

19 But his father refused and said, ^a“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, ^bhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ^{▼▼Hebrew fullness} of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
^d‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 33:17

17 ^eA firstborn bull ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Samaritan; Masoretic Text His firstborn bull}—he has majesty,
and his horns are the horns of a ^gwild ox;
with them ^hhe shall gore the peoples,
all of them, to the ends of the earth;
ⁱthey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Isaiah 7:5

5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and ^jthe son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,

Isaiah 7:8-9

8 For the head of Syria is ^kDamascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is ^lthe son of Remaliah.
^mIf you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14} are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”

Isaiah 7:17

17 ^oThe Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that ^pEphraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

Hosea 5:9

9 Ephraim shall become a desolation
in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
I make known what is sure.

Hosea 5:11

11 Ephraim is ^qoppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after filth. ^{▼▼Or to follow human precepts}

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^shis wound,
then Ephraim went ^tto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^vBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^wyour wound.

Hosea 6:4

4 What shall I do with you, ^xO ^yEphraim?
What shall I do with you, O ^zJudah?
Your love is ^aalike a morning cloud,
^ablike the dew that goes early away.

Hosea 8:11

11 Because Ephraim ^achas multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.

Hosea 12:1

1 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues ^adthe east wind all day long;
they multiply ^aefalsehood and violence;
^afthey make a covenant with Assyria,
and ^agoil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 13:1

The Lord’s Relentless Judgment on Israel

1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
^ahhe was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt ^aithrough Baal and died.