Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 13:1-16
The destruction of Israel (13:1-16)Ephraim prided itself that it was the leading tribe in Israel and that the other tribes did as Ephraim told them. Ephraim must therefore bear the responsibility for the development of Baal worship in Israel. As the morning dew quickly vanishes with the rising of the sun, so Ephraim, and all the other tribes with it, will soon disappear (13:1-3).God saved the Israelites from slavery, looked after them in the wilderness and gave them a land, but in their... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 13:12-13
Hosea 13:12-13. The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up This verse may be better rendered, The iniquity of Ephraim is treasured up, his sin is laid up That is, laid up in my memory, as that which ought to be punished at a proper time. The sentence is manifestly equivalent to that expression in Job 14:17, My transgression is sealed up in a bag; that is, thou keepest an exact account of it, as men do of money which they seal up in a bag, to be forthcoming on a proper occasion. To the same... read more