American Standard Version
Hosea 13:1
1When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Hosea 13:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
- New International Version (NIV)When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
Context of Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. 3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Read all of Hosea 13Hosea 13:1 word by word
כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hosea 13:1
- 1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility.
- Isaiah 66:2For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
- Luke 14:11For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Numbers 2:18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 10:22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 13:8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- Numbers 27:16Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
- Joshua 3:7And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
- 1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
- Hosea 11:2The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
- 1 Kings 16:29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
- 1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baalim.
- 2 Kings 17:16And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
- Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—
Commentaries on Hosea 13:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1When Ephraim spake trembling - When he was meek and humble, of a broken heart and contrite spirit. He exalted himself in Israel - He became great in God's sight; he rose in the Divine esteem in proportion as he sank in his own. But this did not continue. He offended in Baal - He became an idolater. He died - The sentence of death from the Divine justice went out against him. This has been differently understood: "As soon as Ephraim spake (To your tents, O…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1When Ephraim spake trembling - that is, probably “there was trembling.‘”: “Ephraim was once very awful, so as, while he spake, the rest of the tribes were ready to tremble.” The prophet contrasts two conditions of Ephraim, of prosperity, and destruction. His prosperity he owed to the undeserved mercy of God, who blessed him for Joseph‘s sake; his destruction, to his own sin. There is no period recorded, “when Ephraim spake trembling,” i. e., in humility…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The abuse of God's favour leads to punishment. (Hos. 13:1-8) A promise of God's mercy. (Hos. 13:9-16) Verses 1-8 While Ephraim kept up a holy fear of God, and worshipped Him in that fear, so long he was very considerable. When Ephraim forsook God, and followed idolatry, he sunk. Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves, in token of their adoration of them, affection for them, and obedience to them; but the Lord will not give his glory to another, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1At the height of its power, the tribe of Ephraim caused fear among other Israelites (see Isaiah 7:2). he [Ephraim] died: Because of their idolatry, they separated themselves from the Lord, the only true source of life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-16This chapter and the fourteenth chapter probably belong to the troubled times that followed Pekah's murder by Hoshea (compare Ho 13:11; 2Ki 15:30). The subject is the idolatry of Ephraim, notwithstanding God's past benefits, destined to be his ruin. 1. When Ephraim spake trembling--rather, "When Ephraim (the tribe most powerful among the twelve in Israel's early history) spake (authoritatively) there was trembling"; all reverentially feared him [Jerome]…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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