--- title: "Hosea 13 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Hosea 13 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/13" --- [ Read](/kjv/hosea/13)[ Commentary](/study/hosea/13)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/hosea/13) Audio 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, *and* idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.** 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff *that* is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 4 Yet I *am* the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for *there is* no saviour beside me. 5 ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.* 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe *them:* 8 I will meet them as a bear *that is* bereaved *of her whelps*, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.* 9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me *is* thine help.* 10 I will be thy king: where *is any other* that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?* 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took *him* away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim *is* bound up; his sin *is* hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he *is* an unwise son; for he should not stay long in *the place of* the breaking forth of children.* 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.* 15 ¶ Though he be fruitful among *his* brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.* 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. [Hosea 12](/study/hosea/12) [Hosea 14](/study/hosea/14) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Ephraim:** [1 Samuel 15:17](/kjv/1-samuel/15/17), [Proverbs 18:12](/kjv/proverbs/18/12), [Isaiah 66:2](/kjv/isaiah/66/2), [Luke 14:11](/kjv/luke/14/11) **exalted:** [Numbers 2:18-21](/kjv/numbers/2/18-21), [Numbers 10:22](/kjv/numbers/10/22), [Numbers 13:8](/kjv/numbers/13/8), [Numbers 13:16](/kjv/numbers/13/16), [Numbers 27:16-23](/kjv/numbers/27/16-23), [Joshua 3:7](/kjv/joshua/3/7), [1 Kings 12:25](/kjv/1-kings/12/25) **offended:** [Hosea 11:2](/kjv/hosea/11/2), [1 Kings 16:29-33](/kjv/1-kings/16/29-33), [1 Kings 18:18](/kjv/1-kings/18/18), [1 Kings 18:19](/kjv/1-kings/18/19), [2 Kings 17:16-18](/kjv/2-kings/17/16-18) **died:** [Genesis 2:17](/kjv/genesis/2/17), [Romans 5:12](/kjv/romans/5/12), [2 Corinthians 5:14](/kjv/2-corinthians/5/14) **Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 9:21](/kjv/1-samuel/9/21) - my family [2 Chronicles 12:1](/kjv/2-chronicles/12/1) - he forsook [Proverbs 14:34](/kjv/proverbs/14/34) - Righteousness [Isaiah 17:8](/kjv/isaiah/17/8) - the work [Isaiah 28:4](/kjv/isaiah/28/4) - shall be [Hosea 2:13](/kjv/hosea/2/13) - the days [Hosea 5:3](/kjv/hosea/5/3) - Ephraim [Hosea 5:9](/kjv/hosea/5/9) - Ephraim [Luke 8:47](/kjv/luke/8/47) - she came [Romans 11:4](/kjv/romans/11/4) - Baal [2 Corinthians 7:15](/kjv/2-corinthians/7/15) - with ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/13#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/13#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/13","name":"Hosea 13 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/13#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Hosea 13 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; 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