Hosea 13:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

Idolatry 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 these verses, they are charged with. Observe, I. The provision that God made to prevent their falling into idolatry. This we have, Hos. 14:4. God did what was fit to be done to keep them close to himself; what could have been done more? 1. He made known himself to them as the Lord their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel ,.... Or, with trembling, as Jarchi: so Jeroboam, who was of the tribe of Ephraim, spake before Solomon, a great king, as he observes. R. Moses the priest interprets it of Jeroboam; but it may be understood of the tribe in general, and especially of the heads of it, at anytime before it fell into idolatry; when they spake with submission and humility, they were attended to by the other tribes in all consultations and debates, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

When 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 Israel!) There was a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

Verse 1 Interpreters agree not in their view of this verse. Some say that trembling was excited in Israel when Ephraim, that is, Jeroboam, who was born of that tribe, exhorted the people to worship the calves. By the word רתת, retat, “trembling,” they understand, that the people were so astonished, that they without thought immediately obeyed the will, or rather the humour, of their impious king. And if this sense be approved, the word, trembling, may be in another way explained, even in this,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1

EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had brought on themselves the calamities which they had experienced, and ultimately the ruin in which those calamities eventuated. The various particulars of their sin are enumerated, with the provocation caused or the punishment incurred by each. Thus the idolatry of Baal stripped them of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

Baal-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 to. Once he was great in Israel. He had authority, influence, power to inspire terror. Now he was but the wreck of his former self. He would be swept away like chaff before the whirlwind. I. THE FIRST FALSE STEP . ( Hosea 13:1 ) It is the first false step in sin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

Justification 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 the same—long-suffering and merciful, ever gracious to penitents, abounding in goodness and truth to all, but by no means clearing the guilty. I. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS . Most men are fond of power, all men value prosperity; yet few men know the right road, and fewer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

Ephraim, living and dead. This passage portrays anew the dreadful prevalence of apostasy and idolatry throughout the nation. "The same strings, though generally unpleasing ones, are harped upon in this chapter that were in those before" (Matthew Henry). Much of the imagery continues to be anthropopathic; the prophet exhibits an apparent tumult of contending passions in the Divine mind towards unfilial and rebellious Ephraim. I. EPHRAIM WAS ONCE ALIVE . He had been so, both... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:1

When 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. Pride was his characteristic, almost... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 13:1

Hosea 13:1. When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself While he behaved himself submissively and obediently, and humbled himself before God, he was reckoned among the principal tribes of Israel. Here Ephraim is spoken of as distinct from the other tribes: in other places of this prophecy he is put for the whole kingdom of the ten tribes. But when he offended in Baal, he died When he gave himself to idolatry, his strength immediately declined, and had manifest symptoms of ruin and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 13:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 13:1-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 13:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 13:1

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