When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel.
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Hosea 13:1
Hosea 13:1
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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Hosea 13 — OverviewHosea 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe same strings, though generally unpleasing ones, are harped upon in
this chapter that were in those before. People care not to be told
either of their sin or of their danger by sin; and yet it is necessary,…Hosea 13 — OverviewHosea 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHosea 13:1, Ephraim’s glory vanishes; Hosea 13:4, God’s anger; Hosea 13:9, God’s mercy; Hosea 13:15, The judgment of Samaria.Hosea 13 — OverviewHosea 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter begins with observing the different state and condition of Ephraim before and after his idolatry, Ho 13:1; his increase in it, Ho 13:2; and therefore his prosperity was very short lived, which is signified…Hosea 13:1-4Hosea 13:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIdolatry was the sin that did most easily beset the Jewish nation till
after the captivity; the ten tribes from the first were guilty of it,
but especially after the days of Ahab; and this is the sin which, in…Hosea 13:1-4Hosea 13:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryBaal-exaltation.
The first clause is better read, "When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel." The contrast is between what Ephraim once was, and what his offending in Baal had now brought him…Hosea 13:1-8Hosea 13:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryJustification of the ways of God to man.
Israel had been the cause of their own calamities—another proof that sin is the procuring cause of all human suffering and sorrow. God's character is seen to be everlastingly…