Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke, they were feared, for they were the leading tribe in Israel. But when they were guilty of Baal worship, they died.
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In The King James Version
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
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Cross References
Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the day you eat from it you are certain to die.”
Numbers 10:22Then came the divisions of Ephraim who marched out under their flag, with Elishama, son of Ammihud in charge.
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
Joshua 3:7The Lord said to Joshua, “What I do today will confirm you as a great leader in the sight of all the Israelites, so that they'll realize that just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Judges 12:1Then the Ephraimites were called up and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight the Ammonites without summoning us to go with you? We're going to burn your house down with you inside it!”
1 Kings 12:25Jeroboam strengthened the town of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went and built Penuel.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:1
The 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, and for their good, that they should be told of both, nor can they better hear of either than from the word of God and from their faithful ministers, while the sin may be repented of and the danger prevented. Here, I. The people of Israel are reproved and threatened for their idolatry, ver. 1-4 . II. They… Read the whole commentary →