When.. trembling] RV 'When Ephraim spake, there was trembling.' Ephraim was a strong and powerful tribe, which could command obedience, as especially in the days of Joshua. He died] Baal-worship was the cause of the national decay and its final doom.
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Hosea 13:1
1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.