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.
• 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 spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died. 2Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: “Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!” 3Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open 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 15:17Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose you as king over Israel.
• Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Isaiah 66:2My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Numbers 2:18“On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Amihud.
• Numbers 10:22And the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites set out according to their companies; over his company was Elishama son of Ammihud.
• Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
• Numbers 27:16“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community,
• Joshua 3:7The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
• 1 Kings 12:25Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
• Hosea 11:2But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.
• 1 Kings 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria.
• 1 Kings 18:18Elijah replied, “I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
• 2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.
• Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”
• Romans 5:12So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people 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