Hosea 13:1

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the tribe of Ephraim spoke, the people shook with fear, for that tribe was important in Israel. But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal and thus sealed their destruction.

Context of Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice kiss calves!" 3Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.

Hosea 13:1 word by word

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• tremblingרְתֵתrethêth · tremblingH7578
• he exaltedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: exaltH5375
• himself in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• but when he offendedאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
• in Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• he diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Hosea 13:1

• 1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
• Proverbs 18:12Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
• Isaiah 66:2All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
• Numbers 2:18"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,
• Numbers 10:22And the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
• Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
• Numbers 27:16"Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
• Joshua 3:7The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
• 1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
• Hosea 11:2The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
• 1 Kings 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
• 1 Kings 18:18And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals.
• 2 Kings 17:16And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
• Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
• Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because 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

Topics related to Hosea 13:1

• Baal
• Ephraim
• Idolatry
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Baal
• Ephraim
• Israel
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Ransom
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

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