The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 13

Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. Two conditions of Ephraim “Spake trembling,” i.e. , there was trembling. “Ephraim was once very awful,” Bishop Hall says, “so as, while he spake, the rest of the tribes…